ASDA approved tape used as hinges? NOT RECOMMENDED!

I have this old H.E. Harris Statesman album full of stamps that I bought at a bourse here in Grand Rapids, now almost a year ago, that has a number of stamps attached to pages with what looks like a type of white tape or hinge that peels off from the stamp and the page only if done very carefully and leaves behind a substantial amount of sticky residue on both. I don't know if it is the same thing you had to deal with.

Fortunately it is nowhere near all of the stamps and I sprayed Pure Citrus on the stamps affected as I remove them from the album and it dissolves and comes off readily. Nonetheless, it is a lot of extra work and you can't just place these stamps on a stockpage without removing the sticky residue because you would have to peel them off again at a later time.

The breakdown of these sticky adhesives is one of the main reasons that I don’t collect modern mint self adhesives. They are like ticking time bombs - who knows when that gunk will start dissolving?  Remember the USA Christmas issue that is now a mass of splotchy brown stains? Does anyone else remember a few early self adhesive booklets from Norway that melted into a slimy mess? I’ll save used singles that soak, and I do save a few used copies here and there left on paper, but I rarely invest in mint booklets or panes of full gum self adhesives.

I’m actually leaning more and more towards using a cutoff date for countries that issue unsoakable SAG stamps, even including my beloved Irish. It’s so hard to keep up with the glut of new issues anyways. I’ve become much more enamored of Classical material and I’d rather spend my stamp budget on the fascinating oldies.

I am highly suspect of these "hinges" being ASDA-approved. Sheesh - the liability problems are overwhelming, at least to my thinking. I recall decades ago a product which was supposed to be an easily-to-remove substance for mounting stamps, but that memory is nearly gone.