From what country? Us "Pre-cancels" exist in all types that the pre-cancels exist with full OG. However, these are still considered "Cancelled" for the purpose of assessing value. They are not "MNH" because they have been cancelled, whether they were used postally or not. Most pre-cancel collectors won't pay "MNH" values for precancelled stamps even with full OG.
It could also be that the stamp was only lightly moistened, and came away easily from the cover, and could be any number of freakish reasons that the stamp still persists with some amount of gum even after use.
If it's self-adhesive, then it's just been carefully removed from it's cover (or might have been applied to a material that enables separation more easily). I have sever 4806 $2 Jenny inverts that came on USPS Priority envelopes that due to their highly slick finish are relatively easy to remove, you're just stuck with a sticky stamp afterward.
Wayne, as Carlos mentioned, these are most likely CTO's. One identifying factor (although not etched in stone), is part of a neat cancellation located in one corner of the stamp. Stamp issuing agents cancelled mint stamps (to prevent their postal use) and then sold them as at a discount, primarily to dealers or the packet trade. To save time, the agents would cancel every block of four dead-center on the intersecting perforations, resulting in each of the four stamps getting part of the cancel in one of its corners and all four retaining their original gum.
Brett, there is no "Precancel NH" all "Precanceled" are used. Pricing of precancels is still the "used" value, and there is no additional value for OG on a precanceled stamp...
That said, they can be great for reference, and some early precancels do carry premiums, especially when it's the revenue precancel on an early bureau issue. But that's kind of a different matter.
My Revenue/propatary/Bob/postage due collection has grown would like to add more that are Precancels and MNH if ever in my budget range as my own reference been paying on average for those 0.05-$3.00 for 1 and pair's/blocks/Precancels/MNH the prices can go up higher to like $10 per anything higher for a single I'd have to use caution as the value to me would be determined on Condition, Color/Vibrant, Centering, Perforations all intact, Gum with Full partial or without no preference, and then the History associated with it adds value in my own eyes given if I select the best for a more Prestige collection rather then anything but thus far just gathering what I listed above and in used and damage conditions for reference and fillers occasionally find a Mint face no gum but that's little more in price now the MNH hardly find in my price range unless we speaking WW Revenue,postage due n such and with less subject matter n Vibrants go for less!
A couple of weeks ago I received a shipment from a kiloware dealer I have been buying from for years. He in the past always had the stamps used on the package lightly canceled, very lightly attached to the box (attached at only a few small points in the sheet or block) and then covered with a sheet a stiff clear plastic. This protected the stamps from damage during shipment so you would also get very collectible stamps off of the box once received. Many would have undamaged gum but yet were lightly canceled.
In this latest shipment, he had a number of blocks-of-four canceled and then placed all these small blocks placed in a small plastic bag with the bag then taped to the package. So I received a nice set of canceled commemorate stamps, all lightly canceled but all also with full pristine gum.
Back in the late 1990's I lived in The Netherlands for several years. I had all my domestic USA mail (credit card bills, magazines, etc) shipped to my father's address and once a week he would use one of the International Priority Mail envelopes that was available at that time to send everything to me. It was a set charge for postage regardless of weight. I sent him the sheets of stamps to use as postage to cover his mailing cost and he independently figured out the "cover the sheets of stamps with plastic after they had been canceled" routine. I received many sheets of USA commemorate stamps lightly canceled but with virtually all of the stamps having pristine gum.
I will eventually be listing all of these USA commemorative stamps for sale in my store. Since they served actual postal use, they are not CTO (Canceled-To-Order) stamps, but rather used stamps. I will probably have to include a paragraph explaining how they came to be in their condition in the Description.
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Us "Pre-cancels" exist in all types that the pre-cancels exist with full OG. However, these are still considered "Cancelled" for the purpose of assessing value. They are not "MNH" because they have been cancelled, whether they were used postally or not.
Most pre-cancel collectors won't pay "MNH" values for precancelled stamps even with full OG.
It could also be that the stamp was only lightly moistened, and came away easily from the cover, and could be any number of freakish reasons that the stamp still persists with some amount of gum even after use.
If it's self-adhesive, then it's just been carefully removed from it's cover (or might have been applied to a material that enables separation more easily). I have sever 4806 $2 Jenny inverts that came on USPS Priority envelopes that due to their highly slick finish are relatively easy to remove, you're just stuck with a sticky stamp afterward.
That said, they can be great for reference, and some early precancels do carry premiums, especially when it's the revenue precancel on an early bureau issue. But that's kind of a different matter.
My Revenue/propatary/Bob/postage due collection has grown would like to add more that are Precancels and MNH if ever in my budget range as my own reference been paying on average for those 0.05-$3.00 for 1 and pair's/blocks/Precancels/MNH the prices can go up higher to like $10 per anything higher for a single I'd have to use caution as the value to me would be determined on Condition, Color/Vibrant, Centering, Perforations all intact, Gum with Full partial or without no preference, and then the History associated with it adds value in my own eyes given if I select the best for a more Prestige collection rather then anything but thus far just gathering what I listed above and in used and damage conditions for reference and fillers occasionally find a Mint face no gum but that's little more in price now the MNH hardly find in my price range unless we speaking WW Revenue,postage due n such and with less subject matter n Vibrants go for less!
A couple of weeks ago I received a shipment from a kiloware dealer I have been buying from for years. He in the past always had the stamps used on the package lightly canceled, very lightly attached to the box (attached at only a few small points in the sheet or block) and then covered with a sheet a stiff clear plastic. This protected the stamps from damage during shipment so you would also get very collectible stamps off of the box once received. Many would have undamaged gum but yet were lightly canceled.
In this latest shipment, he had a number of blocks-of-four canceled and then placed all these small blocks placed in a small plastic bag with the bag then taped to the package. So I received a nice set of canceled commemorate stamps, all lightly canceled but all also with full pristine gum.
Back in the late 1990's I lived in The Netherlands for several years. I had all my domestic USA mail (credit card bills, magazines, etc) shipped to my father's address and once a week he would use one of the International Priority Mail envelopes that was available at that time to send everything to me. It was a set charge for postage regardless of weight. I sent him the sheets of stamps to use as postage to cover his mailing cost and he independently figured out the "cover the sheets of stamps with plastic after they had been canceled" routine. I received many sheets of USA commemorate stamps lightly canceled but with virtually all of the stamps having pristine gum.
I will eventually be listing all of these USA commemorative stamps for sale in my store. Since they served actual postal use, they are not CTO (Canceled-To-Order) stamps, but rather used stamps. I will probably have to include a paragraph explaining how they came to be in their condition in the Description.