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Post by rod222 on Jan 18, 2014 5:37:18 GMT
Sellotape. A picture is worth a 1000 words, they say.   |
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Post by cjd on Jan 18, 2014 5:49:00 GMT
RARE!!! Canada 4c - Tagging Variety?? RARE!!!
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Jan 18, 2014 5:53:08 GMT
I hate when things arrive in mail completely encased in the stuff,then after breaking in I find more tombing the stamps.I'm always worried I'll destroy contents trying to get at them.Then the stuff is laying in wait when you do get to the goodies just trying to stick itself to the stamps.
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Post by stampgeezer on Jan 18, 2014 6:00:13 GMT
Sellotape. Is that what you folks done under call what we in the US refer to as scotch tape?
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Jan 18, 2014 6:18:42 GMT
Sellotape. Is that what you folks done under call what we in the US refer to as scotch tape? Ah Yes 'Geezer. We also can call it Scotch tape, but sellotape is the lingua franca. |
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Post by Jerry B on Jan 18, 2014 7:31:25 GMT
Hi Rodney's use of "sellotape" is one of his more understandable terms  Jerry B |
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Post by rod222 on Jan 18, 2014 7:59:46 GMT
Hi Rodney's use of "sellotape" is one of his more understandable terms Jerry B Jerry, that's enough back chat. You are overdue for some posts on Latin America. C'mon now. |
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Post by Admin on Jan 18, 2014 8:06:15 GMT
Jerry and Rod if you don't play nice I will take away your stamps and put you in the corner for time out.
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Post by I.L.S. on Jan 18, 2014 10:36:32 GMT
...and then there's Vegemite... lol
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Post by huckles888 on Jan 18, 2014 10:58:37 GMT
Now dont be starting on vegemite ILS or you you could have a whole lot of trouble from down under |
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Post by I.L.S. on Jan 18, 2014 11:51:51 GMT
Not to get off topic but what does it taste like? It must good or people wouldn't eat it...just curious? I could have brought up Men at Work or that group that does "I would walk 500 miles".. lol I love Australia and only having a bit of fun. I wonder what Aussies think that Americans do that's bizarre?
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Post by I.L.S. on Jan 18, 2014 11:57:12 GMT
Back on topic- I got a few album pages mailed to me a few years ago and they was probably from the late 60's or 70's and for hinges they used envelope flaps, scotch tape and stamp selvage. Almost all was ruined by them.
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Post by huckles888 on Jan 18, 2014 12:17:05 GMT
Vegemite is a very acquired taste ILS and is not for the faint hearted As to american eating habits I have always been repulsed by the thought of peanut butter and jelly Back on the topic the use of tape on covers to seal them up has always been one of my bugbears - the damage and sight blight get me going |
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Post by nickmang on Jan 18, 2014 13:54:56 GMT
It is exciting to get a package with high value stamps on it, only to be ruined by scotch tape holding them on the package.
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Post by tomiseksj on Jan 18, 2014 17:00:41 GMT
Sellotape. A picture is worth a 1000 words, they say. Apparently an all too common practice. Here's a sampling from my damaged stamp pile...I don't have the heart to toss them. |
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Post by rod222 on Jan 18, 2014 22:04:04 GMT
Re : Scotch Tape. Wow! Steve. I'll send mine over to add to your collection. |
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Post by tomiseksj on Jan 18, 2014 23:23:00 GMT
Please don't -- I get depressed whenever I look at them!!!
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Post by Jerry B on Jan 18, 2014 23:26:15 GMT
Hi Back on topic- I got a few album pages mailed to me a few years ago and they was probably from the late 60's or 70's and for hinges they used envelope flaps, scotch tape and stamp selvage. Almost all was ruined by them. The most unusual mounting I have seen was in a collection that I was breaking down for my friend's store. The person cut the bottom corner off a glassine envelope, appropriate size of course, hinged it to the page and put the stamp being mounted into it. This was done for some mint and used stamps that cataloged a few dollars. Jerry B |
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Post by Jerry B on Jan 18, 2014 23:33:22 GMT
Hi Not to get off topic but what does it taste like? It must good or people wouldn't eat it...just curious? I could have brought up Men at Work or that group that does "I would walk 500 miles".. lol I love Australia and only having a bit of fun. I wonder what Aussies think that Americans do that's bizarre? It must be pretty bad. As I mentioned somewhere else, the owner of the little British products store told me to buy something else if I was not Australian when I asked the same question. Jerry B |
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Post by Jerry B on Jan 18, 2014 23:42:55 GMT
Hi It is exciting to get a package with high value stamps on it, only to be ruined by scotch tape holding them on the package. How about "Marker Monkeys". I got a package with 3 or 4 USD worth of commemoratives on a manila envelope. Some stamps had been normally cancelled but not all stamps had a cancellation. Each uncalled stamp was cancelled by a big black Sharpie line. Rodney: I am planning on getting a scanner, finally. However, I have to find one that has drivers and software for both XP and whatever else MS comes up with in April when they stop supporting XP (idiots). Once done I can write up some stuff. Jerry B |
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Post by Perfs14 on Jan 19, 2014 0:04:05 GMT
I had whole album full of those sello/scotch/sticky tape hinged stamps. I worked for a while on how to clean them as the damage is one which is similar to fat on paper or clothes. I used different mixtures of solvents ,starting from 100% hydrocarbon (eg zippo) to blends of hydrocarbon and alcohol(eg methylated spirits) followed with a longish bath in warm water with detergent it was reasonably successful with most of the stamps.  |
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Post by rod222 on Jan 19, 2014 0:21:26 GMT
Rodney:
I am planning on getting a scanner, finally. However, I have to find one that has drivers and software for both XP and whatever else MS comes up with in April when they stop supporting XP (idiots). Once done I can write up some stuff.
Good (rubbing hands together)
You are the go-to man for Sth America.
I don't share your concern over XP, I see it as being a faithful servant for the next ten years or so.
I would debate the IT gurus, most of the hacking done now is Android based, the thieves and varlets
will hold very little interest in past technologies, what do we have to steal other than a few
stamp images, and pics of Mum and Dad and the kids.
There are bigger fish to fry.
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Post by Zuzu on Jan 19, 2014 1:42:37 GMT
or that group that does "I would walk 500 miles" *obnoxious game show buzzer* Sorry, The Proclaimers are Scottish! |
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Post by I.L.S. on Jan 19, 2014 1:56:03 GMT
EPIC FAIL!! lol my bad...  |
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Post by I.L.S. on Jan 19, 2014 2:00:53 GMT
Vegemite is a very acquired taste ILS and is not for the faint hearted As to american eating habits I have always been repulsed by the thought of peanut butter and jelly Back on the topic the use of tape on covers to seal them up has always been one of my bugbears - the damage and sight blight get me going Seriously PB&J repulses you?...mmmm It fascinates me about the cultural differences. Hey it could be worse at least no one likes the Dorian fruit! lol ewww... haha |
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Post by I.L.S. on Jan 19, 2014 2:06:53 GMT
Celluloid is the root word of "sellotape" so wouldn't it be Cello-tape? Just curious as I'm not being the "grammar police" here or anything.
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Post by Zuzu on Jan 19, 2014 4:39:24 GMT
EPIC FAIL!! lol my bad... Hardly... at least you remember them. LOL And to Huckles... PB&J is pretty much the ONLY thing I ate all through grade school. It's really the only kind of sammich I eat. |
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Post by Jerry B on Jan 19, 2014 7:28:38 GMT
HI Vegemite is a very acquired taste ILS and is not for the faint hearted As to american eating habits I have always been repulsed by the thought of peanut butter and jelly Back on the topic the use of tape on covers to seal them up has always been one of my bugbears - the damage and sight blight get me going Ahhhh!! Good old PB&J sandwich. However, it is much much better with slices of banana on it, with or without jelly. Elvis was known to go one step further and put bacon on it. I have a questions for all us Yanks. Remember Marshmallow Fluff? Another great American classic, Peanut Butter and Marshmallow Fluff, banana optional but better with it. huckles888 if that repulses you how about this restaurant in New York: ilovepeanutbutter.com/sandwichshopJerry B |
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Post by I.L.S. on Jan 19, 2014 8:28:16 GMT
Apparently old stamps was a popular method of hinging too. I was looking through some of my Back Of Book stuff last night and noticed that a few has parts of other stamps deliberately cut into strips and then each strip was used like a hinge!
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Post by Jen B on Jan 19, 2014 15:28:19 GMT
I had whole album full of those sello/scotch/sticky tape hinged stamps. I worked for a while on how to clean them as the damage is one which is similar to fat on paper or clothes. I used different mixtures of solvents ,starting from 100% hydrocarbon (eg zippo) to blends of hydrocarbon and alcohol(eg methylated spirits) followed with a longish bath in warm water with detergent it was reasonably successful with most of the stamps. Thanks for the idea Perfs14. I never considered attempting to clean them. I'd write them off as a lost cause and bin them. Next one I come across, I'm going to give this a try. I'll post before and after picks on the results. Jerry B - I remember the marshmallow fluff stuff. My friend loved it. I thought it was nasty. Peanut butter and honey was much better. The head of the botanical illustration school I attended was Australian and she said you had to be weaned on Vegemite in order to eat it. She would show photos of her year old grandson with the stuffed smeared all over his face. |
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