NH. Never Hinged.
Official. Stamp or stationery used to pay postage by a government agency.
Offset Printing. A printing process that transfers an inked image from a plate to a roller, the roller then applying the ink to the paper.
NH means "Mint, Never Hinged", and is often indicated (in auction catalogs, for instance) by a pair of asterisks (**). It means the stamp is unused, and its gum has absolutely no disturbance of any sort. Post Office fresh.
NH: Never Hinged. A stamp without hinge marks. A never-hinged (NH) stamp usually has original gum, but this is not always the case.
(NH, no perf separations)
Centering usually varies from side to side or corner to corner on a sheet, so I have specified the range of centering where applicable.
Never Hinged (NH) - A stamp without hinge marks.
New Issue Service - Refers to a service that automatically supplies subscribers with new stamp issues of a given country, area or topic.
Never hinged (NH): 1: term meaning that the stamp has never been hinged and has the original gum in post office condition.
Churchill — International Churchill Philatelic Society, Richard Langworth, 181 Burrage Road, Hopkinton, NH 03229.
Dogs On Stamps Study Unit, Morris Raskin, 202A Newport Road, Cranbury, NJ 08512-7411.
A stamp that has never been hinged (NH) is worth more since the value of these issues is based on them being hinged.
A USED stamp is one that has seen postal duty and has been canceled so that it cannot be used again.
Phil Cayford, #155-3808
Box 497
Dublin NH 03444
Phone: (603) 563-8021
Email:
Major buyer of precancel Estates/Collections.will travel.
It is addressed to the Bath Free Public Library in Bath, NH, and is franked with a Rochester NY precanceled one cent Franklin postage stamp. On the back of the card is an elaborate advertisement for "Johnston's Library Outfit".
 See also: Stamp, Mint, Single, Block, Fine
  
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