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Unused
An uncanceled stamp that has not been used but has a hinge mark or some other disturbance that keeps it from being mint. Uncanceled stamps without gum may have been used and missed being canceled, or they may have lost their gum by accident.
Today in Philatelic History - 19th October
October 19, 2019
Historical Gates of Indian Forts and Monuments
October 19, 1999
Musiri Subramania Iyer
October 19, 1999
Ustad Allauddin Khan Saheb
October 19, 1996
Sikh Regiment – 150 Years
October 19, 1990
Mahakavi Suryamall Mishran (1815-1868)
October 19, 1989
Namakkal Kavignar
October 19, 1977
Scarlet Schinde Dawks of 1852
October 19, 1977
Foreign mail arriving at Ballard Pier, Bombay, 1927
October 19, 1968
Bhagat Singh
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