However, I will be happy to provide such scans to potential buyers concerned with gum condition, provided they direct their request to me via eBay's mail system.I normally ship items the date payment is received or within 24 hours thereafter (weekends excluded). I regret that I cannot provide scans of the reverse (gum side) of every lot offered as this activity is both time-consuming and cost-prohibitive. An unused stamp without gum may be described as 'Unused, NG,' or simply 'Unused.' Buyers should assume that a stamp described as 'Used' will always be without gum and previously hinged, unless otherwise indicated. A stamp described as 'MH' will be an unused example that shows evidence of hinging as described above but still retains all or most of its original gum.

In many cases, a single stamp may have gone through the hands of more than one collector and will have hinge marks on the gum side, hinge remnants attached or hinge thins and gum loss resulting from hinge removal.

As shown in scan, MNHUnless specifically indicated as 'Mint Never Hinged' or MNH, most material offered that was issued prior to 1960 will show some evidence of hinging as this was the mounting practice for most collectors.

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