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MNG in the absence of any visible signs of a postmark IMHO.
Agree that those stamps usually have very obvious cancellations, but I'd take a good magnifying glass to it though. I have had a number of stamps I thought were MNG only to find very faint markings.
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I've had a pretty good look and don't see anything. I read somewhere that some early collectors used to soak off the gum since some of the early gums used to crack or curl the stamp. Another thing in the same area. My Unitrade discusses some of the numbers within the postmark that denote regions ( four or two ring numerical cancels ) and gives them a rarity rating. This is especially true with early New Brunswick stamps and I supposedly have two rare ones. Does anyone out there pay attention to this when buying, selling or valuing stamps? Again, just curious...
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I have a beautiful copy of NS #4, great even margins and absolutely no postmark. I know it is genuine because of the paper. It has no gum whatsoever. Do I consider it to be MNG or do I take the easy way out and call it used? Usually with these stamps if there is a postmark it is very prominent, at least with the early NS and NB I've seen. Opinions?
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re: Nova Scotia #4
MNG in the absence of any visible signs of a postmark IMHO.
Agree that those stamps usually have very obvious cancellations, but I'd take a good magnifying glass to it though. I have had a number of stamps I thought were MNG only to find very faint markings.
Dave.
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re: Nova Scotia #4
I've had a pretty good look and don't see anything. I read somewhere that some early collectors used to soak off the gum since some of the early gums used to crack or curl the stamp. Another thing in the same area. My Unitrade discusses some of the numbers within the postmark that denote regions ( four or two ring numerical cancels ) and gives them a rarity rating. This is especially true with early New Brunswick stamps and I supposedly have two rare ones. Does anyone out there pay attention to this when buying, selling or valuing stamps? Again, just curious...
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