GUM CONDITION

• NH - Never Hinged gum is full original gum with no hinge mark or other blemish or disturbance.
• LH - Lightly Hinged gum is full original gum with a light disturbance of the gum, usually from the removal of a hinge.
• OG - Original Gum includes hinging and/or other disturbances affecting up to 20% of the gum.
• PG - Partial Gum includes 20% to 80% of the original gum. The stamp may have hinge remnants.
• RG - Regummed are believed to have been regummed.
• NG - No Gum includes less than 20% of the original gum.
• HH - Heavily Hinged includes multiple hinges or a particularly heavy hinge.

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