What is the difference between MNH & MUH & MINT in relations to stamp collecting?

MNH means Mint, never hinged.

MUH means Mint, unhinged.

MINT means perfect condition, or mint condition





MNH is the highest quality, with nothing wrong.

MUH is the same as MNH.

MINT means never used, or cancelled, but condition is unknown.

What is the difference between MNH %26amp; MUH %26amp; MINT in relations to stamp collecting?
They all mean exactly the same thing. "Mint" means in original condition, so that means it has the original gum and no cancellation.



MNH stands for "mint never hinged" and MUH stands for "mint unhinged". Stamp collectors in the past attached mint stamps to their albums by means of small bits of gummed paper/glassine because that's all that was available to them. These days people use mounts or stock books, reserving hinges for used stamps only. In order to remove the stamp, one would have to disturb the gum, so hinged stamps cannot really be considered mint in the true sense of the word.



In order to distinguish unused stamps of different grade, MNH is used to emphasize that the stamp is really in mint condition, MLH (mint lightly hinged) and MH (mint hinged) indicate unused stamps with gum intact but having a hinge or light marking where a hinge was once affixed.



Hope that clears things up.
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Reply:I believe that

MNH means Mint, never hinged.

MUH means Mint, unhinged.

MINT means perfect condition, or mint condition