daveg28
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Post by daveg28 on Feb 18, 2020 14:18:03 GMT
I'm wondering what everyone does with uncut press sheets. I obtained my first one yesterday. It's the 2000 Space Exploration (Scott number 3409-13) issue. Do you frame them? Keep it hidden away, rolled up in a tube? Separate them (hopefully not)? I have all of the sheets that I purchased separately when they were issued, so I have no need to cut it up. I was lucky enough to get it for nothing. I was helping an elderly lady sort through her late husband's collection. It was the one item I noted to her that I found really interesting and didn't have, and she insisted I take it. Wasn't going to argue!
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Post by khj on Feb 18, 2020 14:37:33 GMT
There's actually a very pricey album page for them, but don't know if they still make those king-sized pages.
I only have a couple, and keep those rolled up in the original mailer -- except for that Space Exploration issue you mentioned. That one came in cardboard packaging.
It's not recommended that you keep these press sheets in those packaging, because the packaging is not "archival", but I do it anyway.
There was a time when I kept one between my desk and the clear acrylic plate that covers my desk. But I don't do that anymore -- it made it difficult to see loose stamps on my desk!
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Post by brightonpete on Feb 18, 2020 14:45:45 GMT
I leave this to others hoping to cash in on them, including the post office!
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daveg28
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Post by daveg28 on Feb 18, 2020 15:35:15 GMT
khj...That must be a pretty big album!
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Post by khj on Feb 18, 2020 16:22:37 GMT
As far as I know, the press sheet album pages didn't sell well for 2 reasons:
1) try getting/storing the binder for the pages! there wasn't one offered initially and I don't know if they every finally produced them
2) they pages were pricey (I think they were something like ~$10 per page when they came out)
3) later press sheets came in different configurations which didn't fit the page!
The only real way to display/protect them properly is to use the sliding plates that they use at museums. Of course, that means you'll be spending 10x the cost of the stamps just to display/store them. Which is worse than the nearly 1x cost for new supplies that many mount/hingeless aficionados spend now. Of course, the cheapskate way is to leave most of your stamps in a jumbled mess everywhere so you can readily see them each and every day!
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Post by khj on Feb 18, 2020 17:02:38 GMT
OK, I was able to find it one of the older Subway catalogs. Here is page 3 from the 2001 catalog (see 3rd section "G&K U.S. PRESS SHEET ALBUMS"):  By that time they did have an album for the pages. The price of album+10pages was $60+shipping. I guess I was subconsciously factoring in shipping and inflation when I recalled the ~$10/page price (or maybe earlier catalog price?). It is not in the 1997 catalog, so it appeared sometime between 1998 and 2001. They are not listed in the 2019 Subway catalog. |
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daveg28
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Post by daveg28 on Feb 18, 2020 17:05:12 GMT
Wow. I think I'll probably frame it. I'd like to show it off.
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Post by khj on Feb 18, 2020 17:20:27 GMT
For those who may not be familiar with the Space Exploration press sheet mentioned by the OP:  It is still in original packaging. The packaging has curled because of the shrink-wrap. Sorry about that. For nearly 2 decades, it's been sitting upright between my filing cabinet and one of my bookshelves behind my chair. If I had left it laying flat with something on it, there would not be the pronounced curl in the cardboard -- but then I'd have to worry about gum issues.  In warm/humid climates, never never store gummed stamps laying flat with something on top of it, or even in albums (always keep albums upright, and not tightly packed with other albums if upright in shelf). |
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Post by daveg28 on Feb 18, 2020 17:27:48 GMT
If I do frame it, what should I place behind it so the gum doesn't stick to anything? BTW...I live in NW Ohio, so humidity isn't a huge issue here. Or sunlight. LOL
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Post by khj on Feb 18, 2020 17:44:57 GMT
Use something archival that won't adhere to the gum or cause the gum to "flow" under pressure, such as black poly-pro sheets -- the kind they use as separators for double-sided mint sheet album pages. The black film on mounts, I feel, is too thin and may crease/lump easily when you try to affix a large thin black film to the frame backing. Not experienced in framing things (my diploma is still curled up somewhere or still in it's flat packaging...), so don't really know if that is a concern or not. There's also the stiffer black archival backing they use on the Vario stocksheets if you can get the raw material. But I would think at least, you need to use something that won't interact with the gum. Have fun. Post a pic of it on your wall if you ever do it!
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Post by brightonpete on Feb 18, 2020 18:19:52 GMT
Just how large is this sheet? I was thinking of Canada's, which contain a number of souvenir sheets in one "uncut" sheet. Far too large for any binder, unless it is massive.
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Post by daveg28 on Feb 18, 2020 18:29:36 GMT
16"x20", I believe. Too big for any binders I know of. Aren't there press sheets that are much larger? Not being familiar with these items, I'm not sure.
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Post by khj on Feb 18, 2020 18:29:47 GMT
Some of the later press sheets were too large for the early press sheet album (that's what I was told). Not good if you are a supplies manufacturer/dealer.
The Space Exploration press sheet is 20"x16", so it will fit in the G&K press sheet album (23½"x24").
I believe the few press sheets that I have all fit in the album. I was told some of the later press sheets issued in a different format will not fit, but I never confirmed that myself nor asked which ones.
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Post by brightonpete on Apr 2, 2022 21:17:17 GMT
Hmmm, I now have two uncut press sheets. The Canadian Lunar New Year and Bluenose - both from last year. I'm now hedging one Michaels to do the job now.
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Post by khj on Apr 2, 2022 23:09:03 GMT
Sounds like a plan! Your Canadian Lunar New Year press sheet wouldn't have fit the G&K album listed above. A number of the US press sheets won't fit either. Probably contributed to the demise that album.
I don't use the press sheet album. I have a handful of press sheets, and a few of those won't fit in the 23½"x24" album page.
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In warm/humid climates, never never store gummed stamps laying flat with something on top of it, or even in albums (always keep albums upright, and not tightly packed with other albums if upright in shelf).