philatelia
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Captain Jack - my best kiloware find ever!
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What I collect: Ireland, Japan, Scandy, USA, Venezuela, Vatican, Bermuda, Austria
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Post by philatelia on Nov 4, 2019 12:39:16 GMT
I traded for these stamps when I was in sixth grade - one of my first stamp trades. A friend’s father was always making business trips to Sierra Leone and he made it a point to send his daughter letters covered with these delightful shaped stamps. She kindly agreed to trade her duplicates for some of my Venezuela, plus I agreed to teach her how to soak the stamps off the paper. These are now part of what I call “Terri’s Magpie Collection” - anything that catches my eye but doesn’t fit into a collection.  |
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stanley64
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What I collect: Canada, USA, Netherlands, Portugal & Colonies, Antarctic Territories and anything that catches my eye...
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Post by stanley64 on Nov 4, 2019 13:01:01 GMT
I agreed to teach her how to soak the stamps off the paper. philatelia, teaching someone how to soak stamps off paper is like teaching someone how to make a grilled-cheese sandwich ;-) If you have any tips, tricks or pointers though, please do share...
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philatelia
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Captain Jack - my best kiloware find ever!
Posts: 3,404
What I collect: Ireland, Japan, Scandy, USA, Venezuela, Vatican, Bermuda, Austria
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Post by philatelia on Nov 4, 2019 14:17:47 GMT
stanley64 thanks! Ummm, my soaking technique is mundane, separate stamps by gum and paper types, warm to hot water depending on those said gum and paper types, add a squirt of orange degunker, rinse, place on desert magic drying page, blot excess water with towels, press to dry. One of my my pet peeves is getting stamps that weren’t properly soaked such as stained from colored paper, paper peeling on the back from being in water too long and stamps embossed by paper towels during drying.
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