How to unstick remove and flatten postage stamps for our stamp collection without damaging the stamp
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- In this video I’ll show you the best procedures for unsticking, detaching, removing, uncurling and flattening postage stamps for our stamp collection without damaging the stamps. Stamps are usually removed from the envelopes when we want to classify them and place them in an album. On the other hand, when we store stamps in bulk in envelopes they tend to get stuck to one another due to the humidity in the air and the gum at the back of each stamp. In this video I'll show you the best way to separate stamps and flatten them.
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Yesterday I got 3 big size attractive stams but all were stuck. Someone ask me to place over hot vapor. Just I saw this video and get all 3 stamp unstick. Thanks from my heart. Live u from Bangladesh 🇧🇩
Thanks for your comment Rashidul.
Years ago I helped a homeless person with some shelter and food ( almost a hobby of mine). He was so thankful he gave me an ordinary sheet of folded paper from a school book and said there are some stamps on them - he picked it up in the park he was staying in. I have now examined this sheet (taking up my first hobby again) and lo and behold - Great Britain stamps from 1873 to 1897. Some folded in half now and some very dirty. How do I restore these myself? I live in a very remote area of Africa. Happy stamping everyone.
Some British stamps from that period can be very valuable, although their condition can reduce that value quite a lot. Those kind of stamps, which can be sold in top auctions, should be restored by an expert to get the best out of them. My recommendations here are for hobbyists, and I can't guarantee they are the BEST procedure for auction stamps. If I were you I'd try to find someone who is an expert in art restoration, not a stamp business-collector - who might have a vested interest in selling the stamps. There are some mean people out there. 😁
Soak dirty stamps in water with a few drops of soap added
Those folded in two are permanently damaged
Thank you so much for your help and advice! The time it must take to make these educational videos must be massive. I deeply appreciate your generosity. Your videos are so thorough and explanatory. Most don't go into detail about the reason why the problem happens to begin with but you do and I rather enjoy it. I also love the sound of your calming, smart voice. Can't wait to hear more!
Many thanks Haelic. Your comment is really encouraging. These months I have been near giving up due to UA-cam's failures, but your comment gives me a reason to rise from my grave. Thanks.
Thanks for the video. I always enjoy seeing other's tips and tricks on this topic.
Thanks for your comment Stamp Moments. It really makes me happy this HowTo video has had more acceptance than I expected although I'm not a channel focused on stamps.or stamp collecting. Thanks again.
Thank you so much for your halp and advice
Thanks for your comment Hirushi.
❤ love your golden advices
Many thanks for your comment Sanjeewa.
Thanks for video good method
Thanks for your comment cafe-geek.
Thank you sir for your video !
I have followed it step by step but when i keep it under the glass and the paper it creates some bubles small in the surface of the stamp from the paper texture
Thanks for your comment Sollekram. I'm sorry to hear that, never has happened to me. Maybe it has something in the gum used by printers. Maybe some more experienced stamp collectors can give you a hint.
I dry stamps face down on a smooth dish towel after patting partially dry with another towel.
I lay them out and don't press until they are dry. Then press in a book with another book on top for weight
try using sheets of blotting paper… works every time
Instead of absorbing paper? Thanmks for your contribution MH.
How do I seperate a sheet of stamps from the wax paper sleeve they were stored in. Humidity got to them. I have about 30 sheets that are stuck to the wax paper.
Hi Chancery. I believe we can asume humidity softened the water-based gum on the stamp and then dried up - not the wax - so the methods I describe in my video should work in this case. If, for whatever reason, the wax is holding the stamps together I understand you would have to use a solvent, and in that case it can be the end of the stamps. For the same reason I would not use hot water, although you might try on a sample of the least valuable ones (just in case the print starts coming off). My two cents.
@RODsDIY will the sheet curl if I do not remove the gum. I would prefer to preserve it in as mint a condition as possible. I could dry on glass print side down and after the gum has dried I could press with another piece of glass.
@@chancery even a small amount of gum remaining on the stamp it will tend to curl as both front and back dry differently. If you wet and dry a stamp it might lose some gum and it's mint condition. I believe it is a fantasy when people say they can guess the exact moment between not-dry and dry gum in a wet stamp. Sometimes the print side sticks to glass (residues of gum?) and you need to apply the second process I explain (the sweat box).
Hello, and thank you for your excellent advice, I have my mother’s collection of French stamps from the 50s, many absolutely beautiful images.
Some are bunched together, 20 stamps or so.
If I soak them in water, I am afraid of hurting the ink stamp from the post office.
Is it safe to do this?
Can I safely soak this bunch of stamps in the water without damaging the original postal marking?
Hi, in most cases it is perfectly safe regarding the ink, but the glue on most stamps should dissolve. I'm not familiar with all stamp printing processes, so I cant guarantee all stamps can go through this process. In my experience I have not seen any fading in colour or loss of ink, and some of the stamps are pretty old (XIX century). The brownish water you see in some images is due to rust from the album.
@@RODsDIY to be clear, I’m not asking about the stamp, I’m asking about the postal service cancellation mark they use so we can’t reuse a stamp.
I’m hoping the black ink won’t bleed and affect the quality of the stamps.
@@RODsDIY thank you for taking the time to respond. 🙏🏼
@@TheWorld_2099 No, regretfully it won't come off. If it did, you could say they are unused stamps 😂😂😂😂
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I bought a used stamp collection and the previous person had stuck the stamps in the book
with glue or paste. They are really stuck in. Is there anyway to remove them from the stamp book?
It depends on the kind of glue used. If it's water based you can use the systems mentioned in this video, although you might need a lot of patience to get them perfectly unstuck. Any other kinds of glues, if they can be dissolved, require solvents that will affect the inks used in printing the stamps and might even weaken the paper too much. The best you can do is test a few (least important stamps) using warm water, different detergents, shampoo, etc.
How to remove sticker stamp from paper
If it's not water based it probably would need some kind of solvent that most probably would ruin the stamp. There is one method though, which I have not tried yet, is subjecting the stamp to hot water vapour. You might want to try it first on a stamp you don't mind ruining.
Tqvm
iIs there a process where you get tape off of a stamp?
What kind of tape? If you are talking of those sticky things we used to use to stick a stamp to the album, they are water based, so should come of with water. Any tape that may need alcohol or a petrol based solvent most probably will ruin the stamp and/or printing.
Cellophane or scotch tape cannot be removed without ruining the stamp