philatelia
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What I collect: Ireland, Japan, Scandy, USA, Venezuela, Vatican, Bermuda, Austria
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Post by philatelia on Mar 19, 2023 23:39:27 GMT
In the Universal Philatelic Auctions “Top Tips of the Trade” pamphlet, item #12 discusses how to store stamps. Stamps housed in an old but good quality stockbook are described as developing toning around the perfs because they had gone for so long without being moved.
When I rework a collection, this often involves rearranging every stamp on the Hagnar sheets to accommodate new varieties, multiples etc. I used to think of this as a bit of extra work, but now I think I might consider it a healthy chance to move the stamps off the sheets and air out their little backsides. And I know that storing multiples on top of each other can result in them sticking to each other. Another place where giving them some exercise once a decade might not hurt.
What do you think? Nonsense or not a bad idea?
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brookbam
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What I collect: US...everything until I decide what I don't want to collect! And now thanks to a TSF give-away I'm adding Space topicals!
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Post by brookbam on Mar 20, 2023 0:35:43 GMT
In the Universal Philatelic Auctions “Top Tips of the Trade” pamphlet, item #12 discusses how to store stamps. A very old but good quality stockbook is described as developing toning around the perfs because they had gone for so long without being moved. When I rework a collection, this often involves rearranging every stamp on the Hagnar sheets to accommodate new varieties, multiples etc. I used to think of this as a bit of extra work, but now I think I might consider it a healthy chance to move the stamps off the sheets and air out their little backsides. And I know that storing multiples on top of each other can result in them sticking to each other. Another place where giving them some exercise once a decade might not hurt. What do you think? Nonsense or not a bad idea? I don't think it's a bad idea at all.
I know I've received some collections in and I think the plate blocks were mounted in Crystal Clear mounts. Those have a tendency of yellowing the stamp edges. I'm moving as many of them out and at least into glassines before they go into Showgards.
Even the stamps that are in Showgards are coming out into my own inventory system and then the album will be disposed of or resold. Mike
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eggdog
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Post by eggdog on Mar 20, 2023 1:03:25 GMT
I wonder how long those stamps had been in that stock book? And when was the stock book manufactured? No paper product is forever, but acid-free or archival paper of today - at least the kind you can actually buy without having a university library's budget - is more acid-free (acid-freer?) than that of 50 or 60 years ago.
When perusing old albums, I've found more problems with plastic components. I had to evacuate and redo a pretty nice collection of German states that I won a few years ago because the Hawid-style (top-opening) mounts that were built into the album were becoming brittle and would split if I looked at them too hard. The album was either a Hagner or a Lighthouse, I forget at the moment, so it wasn't junk. I never found a copyright or manufacturing date on it. The paper was actually still in pretty good shape.
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Cephus
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What I collect: U.S. 1847-1993, Australia, China, New Zealand
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Post by Cephus on Mar 20, 2023 20:48:42 GMT
I've never had a problem. I've got stamps in albums that haven't moved for decades and there's no deterioration that I can see. Of course, it's all in acid-free conditions and while it's probable that today's methods are superior, until I see reasons to replace anything, I don't know that I need to bother.
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