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The best stamp hinges are designed to be "peelable", meaning that the stamp may be removed from the page, and the hinge from the stamp, without damage to either. Not all makes of hinge have this property, and the backs of many stamps have "hinge remnants", where the hinge has torn away rather than releasing the stamp.
Hinge remaining (HR) is a mint stamp which has part of a stamp hinge on the back. Original gum (OG): A stamp with its original gum, yet deteriorated by age. No Gum (NG): Stamp's gum has been washed off. Rarely, stamps are issued with no gum. Regummed (RG): Fresh gum has been applied to the stamp. Poor regumming can be detected by examining the ...
A few basic items of equipment are recommended for proper stamp collection. Stamp tongs help to handle stamps safely, a magnifying glass helps in viewing fine details and an album is a convenient way to store stamps. The stamps need to be attached to the pages of the album in some way, and stamp hinges are a cheap and simple way to do this.
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The 5-cent stamp paid for a letter weighing less than 1/2 ounce and traveling up to 300 miles, the 10-cent stamp for deliveries to locations greater than 300 miles, or, twice the weight deliverable for the 5-cent stamp. Each stamp was hand engraved in what is believed to be steel, and laid out in sheets of 200 stamps.
In philately, a regummed stamp is any stamp without gum, or without full gum, that has had new gum applied to the back to increase its value.. Unused stamps with full original gum (OG) on the back are worth more than stamps without gum or complete gum, for instance those that have been mounted using a stamp hinge.
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Mint: stamps with full, undamaged original gum, as sold by the post office. This condition (also called mint, never hinged) is valued highest. Unused: stamps whose original gum has been damaged, e.g. through use of stamp hinges, or other influences. Unused without gum: stamps which have lost their original gum.