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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2013 17:30:47 GMT
I have some cinderellas with rather poor gum and was wondering if it would effect the value (low) or not if I soaked it off.
Do cinderella collectors really care about the gum?
Just wondering.....
Ben.
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Londonbus1
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What I collect: Cinderellas and some Ephemera from Great Britain, France and Israel plus a few beautiful bits from elsewhere !! Topical interests include Flags & Judaica, the latter with an emphasis on the Jewish National Fund.
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Post by Londonbus1 on Aug 13, 2013 18:09:27 GMT
I would say that Cinderella collectors care as much, or as little, about gum as Postage stamp collectors. However, if the back of a Cindy looks ugly, I would try to soak off the gum just as I would from an ugly-looking postage stamp. In short, I am not much help am I ? But I do collect [mainly] Cinderellas !!  Londonbus1 |
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Aug 14, 2013 12:20:40 GMT
I collect Cinderellas. I abhor gum, and wash it off in most cases.
Should an issue rate highly in price, then of course I do not.
It's a personal call, oftentimes you can do more damage washing the mucilage off, than leaving it on.
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maerkat
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Post by maerkat on Feb 21, 2014 20:52:29 GMT
Depends on the cinderella. For revenues, I would say that gum on a mint stamp is important to prove that it is mint. Not all revenues were cancelled in the traditional sense. However, many revenue collectors consider anything mint as nothing better than a remainder or printer's waste, and only consider used revenues worth collecting. As for poster stamps, generally the presence or absence of gum matters very little. If gum is disturbed, or crackled and threatens the integrity of the stamp, then by all means remove it. Most poster stamp collectors are interested in the image so gum doesn't really matter. That being said, if pristine gum is part of an overall superb condition poster stamp, then I would say it rates a premium, but that is because of the superb quality of the overall condition, not just because of the gum.
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cindycan2
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Post by cindycan2 on Feb 23, 2014 0:06:14 GMT
Condition usually matters on cinderellas as it does on postage stamps. That is, if the stamp has original gum in never hinged condition, it is worth more than a similar example with no gum. Cinderellas were printed by many different types of printing enterprises, so it is always a gamble to soak a cinderella, as some of the ink may be water soluble to a certain extent. Personally I try to keep any remaining gum on a cinderella, as a means to establish its original condition (gummed versus ungummed). However, I've observed that cinderella collectors are much more tolerant than postage stamp collectors of minor imperfections (creases, thins, gum, tears, etc). I think this is because cinderellas tend to be much rarer than some postage stamps, so the cinderella collector is happy to settle for a nice filler.
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