Unused Stamp has not been used in the post may be partially or wholly without gum, or bear traces of old hinges on the back.
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Unused: An unused stamp is a stamp that has not been used for postage but has disturbed gum.
Unused:
A stamp with or without gum which has no cancellation or other evidence of postal duty.
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UNUSED STAMPS: Stamps which have
never been used for postage, but may have one or two small flaws. Mystic sells stamps with small flaws at a significant discount.
USED STAMPS: Stamps which have been used for postage on a letter or package.
Unused. An uncancelled stamp (as opposed to a mint stamp, see above), but one that has been hinged for mounting into an album. Such stamps can be either gummed or ungummed (the gum having been washed off).
Unused: A stamp which is not cancelled as it is not used as postage.
Used: A stamp, stationery which has been cancelled to indicate that it has been used & cannot be used any longer.
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Unused: An uncanceled stamp that has not been used but has a hinge mark or some other characteristic or defect that keeps it from being considered a mint stamp.
Unused stamps with full original gum (OG) on the back are worth more than stamps without gum, or stamps without complete gum, for instance those that have been mounted using a stamp hinge.
Unused, 30¢ Theodore Roosevelt, very tiny thin, full gum w/insignificant gum disturbance, centering F++
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Mint (unused) or used
Stamp Types - air mail, coils, special services
Other Traits - shape, color, etc.
H means "Unused, Hinged", and usually implies a good deal more than just lightly hinged, i.e. there are probably hinge remnants on the stamp.
Never mix used and unused stamps in your album or display. Display them as separate sets on the same page or on another page.
Stamps in original unused condition, never canceled.
Mint Sheet
An entire sheet of stamps in original unused condition.
Neobliterat: (Rom.) unused, mint.
Neostyle Patent: bogus label, unknown origin.
Néo-Zélandais: (Fr.) New Zealander.
- Abbreviation for unused.
Uncat. - Abbreviation for uncatalogued.
Uncatalogued - This usually means it is known to exist, and is listed in the catalogue but unpriced.
Scott furthermore notes that unused stamps with full original gum, in most cases, sell for more than copies without gum or with partial gum.
There is one problem that many ink stamps collectors face nowadays, and that is finding the best way to display mint or unused stamps while protecting them at the same time.
An unused envelope bearing address of sender and return postage which is sent to make answering easy.
The first price is the cost of the stamp in an Unused condition, in other words, one without a postmark. The next price is for a Used stamp. A used stamp is one that has been through the mail and is usually postmarked.
If you intent to save stamps of the United States or the world and want to save used as well as unused stamps, the opportunities are really great. Not all collections consist mainly of unused stamps that you buy in the post office.
OG: The adhesive coating on a mint or unused stamp or envelope flap applied by a postal authority or security printer, usually before the item was issued.
- A Tip: Unfortunately we collectors sometimes find someone has made a notation on the gum side of an unused stamp.
The stamp gum condition described when the original gum of an unused postage stamp has been deleteriously affected by one or more handling or mounting procedures, to include heavy hinging, gum glazing from mounts, etc. 2.
*Mint - a stamp in the same unused condition in which it came from the post office. Sometimes this term is also applied to unused stamps that have been previously hinged.
The Hawaii "Missionary" stamps (1851) issued by the native government and used mostly by American missionaries serving in Hawaii, an unused set of eight is valued at about $100,000.
UR - Upper Right.
Unused - An uncanceled stamp that has not been used but has some feature which eliminates it from mint status.
Used (U) - See "Cancel."
USPS - United States Postal Service.
Positive condition factors include fresh full colour, full original gum on unused stamps, and so on. Damage such as creases, tears, thinned paper, short perforation teeth, toning and so on negatively affect condition.
A canceled stamp that has had the cancel or other marking removed, usually to be fraudulently sold as an unused stamp.
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If the front (face) of the stamp is clean, but the gum is gone, we can call the stamp "unused", which means neither mint or used. What happened to the gum?
Divided backs appeared on 1902 in England, 1904 in France, 1905 in Germany, and 1907 in the United States. This helps to date unused postcards. Cards before these dates have undivided backs. D.R.G.M.
 See also: Stamp, Used, Cover, Catalog, Printing
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