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E.g: #350167 , #4448865 & #2963293

Can a pre-stamped stamp, of which there are many in Belgium, actually be MNH? After all, it has a stamp on it.
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ApiSta Yes - Just look at the United States
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ApiSta Yes, it is not a stamp but an imprint. By MNH, every collector means an undamaged, uncirculated stamp with the original gum as it was sold.
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These are prints? Doesn't look like much to me, looks much more like stamps (pre-stamped).
And I think I remember from MNH that that is how it left the printing house, and that may be very different from how it was sold.
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And I think I remember from MNH that that is how it left the printing house.

I seem to remember ApiSta , as they are sold at the post office. And then of course it is postage-worthy.
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Unfortunately, it is not a print. It is intended to devalue the stamp. So a cancellation. At least as far as the Belgian pre-stamping is concerned. You can no longer send these stamps (without day stamping) after the first use/shipment. In principle, there will be no daily stamping. A date stamp can only be applied when forwarding or returning. This can be resent without day stamping, but with a 'normal' print on the stamp. That's how I look at it with my limited knowledge. Correct me if it's wrong.
In principle, the pre-stamped stamps (from Belgium) are not MNH. The name says it all: it is a pre- cancellation. And if you continue that line, then these pre-stamped stamps do not actually belong in the stamps section, but in the Other/postmarks section (oh, oh, oh, what am I saying now). I will leave it open whether the catalog manager should also do this. Perhaps the situation is different in other countries and they do receive a day stamp or something. Then the Belgian pre-stamps can benefit from this. By the way, it seems to be happening in a similar way in the US. It may also be that the sentiment is too great and that is why the pre-stamped stamps are retained with the stamps. Then you label it as an exceptional situation, just like the tabs in Israel. Or you take into account the fact that a stamp collector collects them differently than a postmark collector. For the stamp collector it is important which stamp the stamp is on, but in principle not for the stamp collector. But, if you look at it objectively, they are not mint mint and do not belong to the stamps. VAT:
** MNH
Original gum in good condition without sticker (residue). For FDCs we use this condition "MNH" for unwritten envelopes (also no erased address) in pristine condition.
* Unused
Without stamp, but with partially or completely missing original gum. Sometimes with adhesive (residue).
o Stamped
Stamped copy in good condition. For FDCs, we use this "stamped" condition for described envelopes.
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az60 in France pre-stamps are collectible as MNH if still with gum and used without gum, cf French stamps catalog Yver Tellier (YVT) so no need to modify the actual LD classification. Quotation are for MNH or MH and used but most collectors prefer to buy them MHN so gummed. Some are very scarce and with high valuation.

French pre-stamps are printed according to a reprint on existing sheet of stamps by a second print process inside the French official print office. They are official stamps and their use is set by specific postage rates and by a specific regulation.

As a stamp collector, a serious one , you need to know more on postal regulations and rates and have the rights books and studies not only your opinion. Philately need knowledge particularly to do a catalog of stamps like LD.

LD pre stamps catalog seems to me have no need to change anything abut this part of stamp collection just perhaps add more information about them but that an other story.
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ApiSta Now you change your question. The old stamps #9894883 were stamped manually in large quantities at the post office. The more recent stamps #1190564 #3182679 #2991651 #4358407 come straight from the printing house.
Charles has also already answered you that Postfris means "postage-paid, presented at the counter" (and don't read between the lines and take my word for FDC or CTO).
And actually photo #9735117 is a special case (but in those years it probably wasn't that close), because pre-stamped ones are not re-stamped.
az60 Don't exaggerate, every collector knows that pre-stamped items in mint condition are indeed Mint Mint. And leave them nice and neat with Stamps (pieces of paper for franking mail). The rest doesn't matter.
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The last photo shown is a postage stamp pre-stamped with a stamp showing the name of the location. This happened on behalf of the postal service after a major theft in the various post offices. In Brussels, this stamping was often done with a hand roller stamp.
The condition of pre-stamped stamps before postal use is thus stamped with a special stamp and gum on the reverse.
Without a gum on the back, no one can know if it is unused or used, so it must be considered stamped. Unused can only be used for stamps with damaged gum, for example by a sticker.
And for collectors of those 'stamps' it is (usually) not just about the stamp: it is about a combination of that stamp and the stamp... so it seems not illogical to me to place them with the stamps. I think the category of stamps is only for cancellations during postal use.



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Stamping of pre-stamped stamps did happen exceptionally: in principle only when the shipment was returned to sender! This was to ensure that the sender could not resend his mail with the same stamps.
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MNH means "postage-paid, presented at the counter
I have already given the official Lastdodo definition of MNH above. Good reading. I'll repeat it again:
** MNH
Original gum in good condition without sticker (residue). For FDCs we use this condition "MNH" for unwritten envelopes (also no erased address) in pristine condition.
And for clarity's sake, the stamped one:
o Stamped
Stamped copy in good condition. For FDCs, we use this "stamped" condition for described envelopes.
Guidelines and definitions also apply to you.
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If someone offers a pre-stamped stamp MNH , I know with 100% certainty that it is a copy with completely intact (undamaged) gum.
It is almost the only type of stamp that I find interesting ' unused ' ('MNH' is rather rare among the older copies). On 26/09 last year, one of these was sold for 25 euros ( #9840351 ). A bargain.
Unused without additional stamping (a pity but unfortunately for those who own one). Which is actually 'Walked (used)'. The gum has come off when soaking.
Really stamped (additional) also exists, but I have no examples of that. Extremely rare.
The conditions are therefore perfectly usable for Prestamped.

I collect those things from Belgium.
It's a pity that in the last century the OBP suddenly no longer wanted to include the older issues in the catalogue. Only from a certain date (1938).
That's why LD is great because they are (largely) in there. Thanks of course to
jogo for whom the great effort was not and is not too much. With extensive background pages. A collector cannot find it better anywhere else.


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Raoul62 Selling #9840351 on 9/26 was accompanied by the following comment:
" Comments: Perforation partially loosened & 'repaired' with adhesive"
This meant a serious loss of value, and that is why it was sold (by me) as a bargain...
As a result, the statistics for that stamp give a completely wrong picture! Ditto, that statistic would have been even more wrong if that stamp was sold without a tab.
Therefore, my proposal regarding sub-conditions for sales (and the statistics): see the topic regarding the CTOs. Hopefully, sooner or later, some extra development can be reserved for this!



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You totally get it :)
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Guidelines and definitions also apply to you.
Can you clarify and give me an example of what you have a problem with?
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jogo Raoul62 I agree without sub conditions for sales added the statistics for sales are completely wrong and give a misleading picture to sellers ans buyers. 

LD team must really improve stamps section to include conditions like :
1) Very Good
2) damaged
3) repaired 

Very good = the price catalog value of all paper catalogs Michel, YvT … is based on this condition 

2) damaged and 3) repaired meams far lower sal s price
For these conditions the buyer is advise to ask more informations to the seller if no information put in description of the stamps and a photo of the stamp is welcome.

Personally I accept for high value stamps some damaged stamps with good looking recto but damaged back and also repaired. For that I pay between 3 % to 6/% of the catalog price. Most of old scarce high price  stamps before 1940 are sold as damaged and most collectors search for these as they can’t afford better conditions.

We need to talk more of course about 3 to 4 sub conditions that are used every between collectors and recognized in all the world to set a sales price.

Can we open a specific thread about this modification to suggest  ? Or the LD team consider that they have no time or willing to change that ? 
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Frenchstamps See my new tread on subcondition in Lastdodo site & app.  
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jogo ok will do that 
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