Adhesive Tape Removal from Stamps: Is It Possible?

What kind of scotch tape ?

René


btw some leave a very gluish residue (good luck) and some (like the mending one) are easier but I still hate all the tape used by some people!!!


www.scotchbrand.com/3M/en_CA/scotch-brand-ca/

Lionel (southafrica1)
There is no remedy that I know of for stamps that have been mounted to pages with adhesive tape.  Rene (renden) has asked a potentially reasonable question (i.e., what kind of tape?), but it is most likely unanswerable.  I imagine that if you have acquired stamps that have been affixed to pages with adhesive tape, there won't be any notation on the page describing exactly what type of tape was used or when it was applied.  So, nothing to be gained there.

My personal opinion is that stamps which have been affixed to a page with adhesive tape for any length of time greater than a few minutes are most likely irreparably damaged.  Perhaps using a bit of modern adhesive tape, it might be possible to remove it from a stamp after just a minute or two without serious damage, but anything that has been left taped down for years is likely beyond redemption.

For some of the really old cellophane tape, the adhesive will eventually dry out and simply fall off the page and the stamp, typically leaving a dark brown stain on both, which I have never figured out a way to remove.  Sorry if this isn't what you were hoping to hear.  Other opinions are welcome, of course.

I agree with Beryllium Guy (Chris) !!

I have had some experience (expérience) with old (given to me) stamps, glued in such way - results were negative !!

No additional opinion is needed 
René

Very good, Alex (vikingeck ), you got me on that one.  I re-read the original post, and you are quite right.  Lionel does indeed seem to be asking about removing tape from stamps on a package rather than an album page.  Apologies to all for my misunderstanding of the question.

But as you stated, Alex, there is no remedy either way, and I totally agree with you on that.

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Just as a point of interest, here is an example of what cellophane adhesive tape can do to both stamps and album pages when left in place for a long time.  The tape used in this old US album had been there for years, and by the time I received it, the adhesive had dried out, which resulted in both the stamps and the bits of tape falling off the pages.  The tape permanently stained everything with which it came in contact, the unsightly brown color that you see below.

Hi southafrica1

I managed to remove the adhesive from some German self-adhesive stamps and the labels from the windows with a product bought from my country:



You can find the manufacturer at: www.rexxan.com and I think it is a similar product to the one I use:

I will try Unisolve, or Pure Citrus, to remove strong Scotch tape from the face of stamps.

I interpreted his question the same way.

I annoys me to no end that tape is used on an envelope. I think the census so far….no way to remove tape from either the front or the back.

i have had tape come off when soaking from paper. But there has always been a a sticky residue left on the stamp.


David