Stamp Collecting 101 - Self Adhesive Stamp Removal From Paper
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- čas přidán 30. 07. 2024
- In this video, I go over some basics of stamp collecting. I give you some tips on removing old stamps off of paper and show you the steps on removing self adhesive stamps off paper. I show you some ways to display your stamps and how I like to display my own collection.
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I just started collecting. This is a cool idea. I'm 63 and this is for our granddaughter. This will take my stamp collection to another level.
Thanks nice video
I'm glad you liked the video. If you ever have any questions about the hobby, just ask. It usually takes a couple days for me to answer. Stamp collecting is a great hobby for kids. Because, many stamps are released to celebrate a part of history, such as an event or a famous person. I was around 5 or 6 years old, when I started collecting them. It actually helped me with my history lessons. I wouldn't know everything, but I would know the dates that events took place. Nowadays with the internet, you could look up a newly released stamp on the usps.com website, and it will go into more detail as to why the stamp was released. One thing to keep in mind, the United States only puts people on their stamps who have passed. Other countries will put entertainers that are currently alive, to get new collectors and unexperienced collectors to buy them. The problem is, they make them to make a profit. Because every stamp bought but not used, is more money in their pocket. Technically, we do the same thing, but our government has rules to it. Plus collectors of USA stamps, usually enjoy the variety of designs to choose from. I will be making more video's over the summer, with some being stamp related. Thanks again for watching my video.
A member of a club I belong used Bestine, As you mention it still had the sticky back, he would let it tire, then place the stamp on black paper then trim around to give it a frame. I like the baby powder Idea, I'll have to try that.
I am amazed how well this pure citrus works. I didn't use the baby powder method though, I used the pure citrus again with an old Costco card to scrape the gum off. If you do that 2 times, or maybe 3?, you get all the gum off. Thanks to Uncle Nacki, and David Trutwin, down a few replies, for the 2nd stage idea of scraping the gum off. I do 4 at a time, and it's working on every stamp so far.
I found Bestine after this..... it's just a superior method. Buy the can on Amazon, and buy a couple of eye dropper bottles, and just be aware not to breathe the Bestine..... and you will be a lot happier with the production rate.
18:18 Now you want to get the adhesive off the back. Lay the stamp on a flat hard surface like a piece of glass or a flat plate. Spray the back with more Pure Citrus, wait a few moments for the glue to soften, then take one of those little grocery reward cards or a credit card and scrape off the adhesive. Reapply some more Pure Citrus and scrape again, and maybe you could also do a third time...Finally take a tissue or a soft cloth to wipe it off. I do 4 or 5 at a time to speed things up. The backs come out very clean and you do not have to worry about them sticking to each other or to mounts.
Yes, Thanks, I have seen that additional process to remove the glue in other video's. I've only done maybe 4 stamps just to see if it actually worked. I have no plans to really do any of my stamps because of the quantity I have. All of my bulk on paper is sitting in 8 40 gallon plastic garbage cans. At some point I'll probably break them down into 10 pound boxes to sell but I have enough other stuff keeping me currently busy.
Heptane works well and baby powder is something I would never try. Once the heptane has evaporated and the stamp is removed I then use the transparent plastic in front of the dealer card you used and then cut a margin around the stamp. The stamp keeps its glue and is sticking to a background but can also be lifted if needed. Personally I always reuse the stamps that were not cancelled by mailing a large envelope to myself to force a manual stamping or cancelation.
If I mail myself a stamp to get the cancellation and the post office does not cancel the stamp and does not want to cancel it manually when I go to them and tell them the mail was delivered without being cancelled then I have no ethical issues about resending the same stamp again on a blank envelope. They could have saved a lot of work for a lot of people by just canceling the stamps in front of me but in the large city I live the PO is not friendly to philatelists
Good video....certainly a basic topic but not easily explained in 5 minutes....may want to consider breaking up future videos covering a range or portion of the topic to keep your audience focused .....45 minute videos are tuff....👍👍👍 good job though, solid helpful information
What are you using to stay with?
Many libraries carry the Scott catalog's but are probably not allowed outside of the library. But you can ID them that way, or maybe even start a stamp club there.
When I was a kid, I'd go to the library to look through the catalog's. I remember them missing a few but it was ok with me, and at the time I couldn't afford to purchase my own set of catalogs. Because they were in the reference section, such as an encyclopedia, they could not be borrowed but they would copy pages for you at 10 cents each. A few years back, I was able to get the complete 2009 catalogs on CD, but missed the enjoyment I got flipping through the pages.
Thanks for the info. I lernt a lot about sllf adhesive stamps. I just made a mess of a few stamps as I havent removed stamps from envelopes for a long time and should have done some research before. I will look fore the orange freshener but I am in Australia and may have to find something like it. Please keep posting stamp vids.
You could also try an adhesive remover in spray form. 3M makes one that can be found at most automotive parts stores. It's expensive though. $15 to $20 here in the US. I've never tested it but should work similar to the Citrus spray.
@@UncleNacki, Thankn you, I will have a look for it and let you kmow how it goes.
i love stamps
WoW !
from my experience it is better to use the bestine because the Pure Citrus Orange is not very good for some stamps because it damages the watermark
Thank you for your feedback on the video. I haven't been able to find Bestine locally and recently noticed that I can purchase Bestine on Amazon.com so at some point I'll have to make that purchase and try it out. Thanks.
@@UncleNacki Bestine works so much better than the pure citrus.
What I now do is use an eye dropper, with Bestine, and put it on the reverse..... then using my hands, I push the stamp back and forth, not really moving it but the friction of just trying to move the stamps back and forth, heats the glue... Then I can peel the paper from the stamp, easier.... the next step is also tricky, because you still have glue on the stamp.
There are several ideas on that problem as well. I put the stamp on old 102 cards, and then trim it with scissors, then a mount cutter, so I have a nice backing for the stamp. You can probably peel that off later, or use more Bestine....but for the present it solves the problem.
I've been soaking stamps for well over 20 years, and I really hate oil based glues, that need the Bestine... But hey, I love stamps.
Please note that Bestine should be used in a well ventilated area, but when I use an eye dropper, it's pretty tame. I do wear a mask, and surgical gloves, it seems the right thing to do.
I REALLY recommend practicing on common stamps. Learn how to do this, because you will damage some stamps. Just learning how to peel them is a process. I was creasing many stamps when I used stamp tongs separating the stamp from the paper.... Using my hands/gloves, knocked the damage down, after practice. Hint: I bend the backing paper, not the stamp.
Is it possible to get the post marking off and how do you do ut
I don't know of a way but I'm sure there are certain chemicals that can do it but it would also probably destroy the ink of the stamp. The federal government has most likely taken the time to figure out the exact paper and ink to make it extremely difficult to do and I'm sure it's probably illegal also. It was actually popular to do in the 1850's to 1860's and the ink back then was easier to wash out. The government then added grills to the paper which allowed the ink to seep into the paper better and make it much more difficult to remove and reuse the stamp. If you wanted to experiment, I'd start with the chemical xylene and a stamp not worth anything. Xylene is what print shops use to clean up dried ink on equipment. It's like a paint thinner on steroids. Just watch out for the fumes. They are extremely strong.
Is there a good reason to remove the gum from used self adhesive stamps? Why not use a was backing?
The main reason is so the stamps look better in an album or stock book. The only other reason I can think of is the reduction of weight. Which for a few stamps, it wouldn't matter but if your dealing with hundreds of pounds of stamps on paper, you could bring the total weight down to 25%.
I wonder if you remove the gum, does the stamp lose any collectible value.
@@rbullmb for the used stamps, I don't think so. The larger mail order stamp companies sell the stamps without the gum. Maybe if at some point in the future, all the stamps had their gum removed, then maybe a stamp with gum still on the paper might be worth more since it would be a rarity at that point. But that would be way beyond our time.
How about soaking from paper??
How did they soak in the old days?
Are different countries do they have different glue?
France
And Africa have tough glue no ??
Older stamps that had water activated glue were just soaked in room temp water. I don't remember having any issues with any countries. I did notice so stamps took longer but never kept track of the pattern. Sometimes stamps that people would reuse because it didn't get canceled and used some type of glue on them would be a problem. The only thing you had to be careful of was soaking stamps off of colored paper like red and green Christmas card envelopes. The color would usually bleed into the paper of the stamp. It's best to not soak them or if you do, soak them one at a time and change out the water after each stamp. A whole batch of stamps can be ruined by one Christmas card stamp.
Where do you get those special notebook pages with the plastic pockets, especially the ones with deeper pockets and fewer rows per page? This was really helpful to this new collector! Thanks.
The single pages are made by Lighthouse and are called Vario. They are German made. High quality. They come in many different formats with 1 to 8 strips. They can be single sided or double sided. They also have two colors, black and white backgrounds. I buy mine on ebay from mit_63 and they seem to have all the different sizes and quantities at the lowest prices with shipping. The pages will fit any regular 3-ring binder which I usually get a basic black 2 or 2 1/2 inch size from Staples. I stay away from the 3 inch or larger sizes because the pages are pretty heavy in larger quantities. The most common size pages I use are the black double sided 7 strip type also known as 7S. If you search that ebay user, his auctions show all the different sizes along with measurements so you can easily determine which ones will work best for you.
@@UncleNacki Thank you very much!!
@@UncleNacki Unfortunately, it looks like mit_63 is no longer active on Etsy. I will keep looking around.
@@janinewoodhull3611 Ebay, not Etsy. He's active on Ebay. Here is a link to the ones I use. www.ebay.com/itm/200-NEW-Lighthouse-VARIO-7S-stock-pages-black-sheets/250671390341
Here is the link to his Ebay store with all the different configurations. www.ebay.com/str/Designer-Stamp-and-Coin?_trksid=p2047675.l2563
@@UncleNacki Oh, gosh. My bad. I thank you, again, for taking the time to help me. I will now look in the right place.
Wat is that spray you used?
It's called Pure Citrus Orange Air Freshener. It's made by Blue Magic Inc. I used to buy it at Walmart but it looks like they don't carry it anymore but The Home Depot does and their item number is 409695. Go to their website, search the item and then locate the quantity based on your zip code. You can also order it from Amazon. Item number NA222.
@john doe Hi, It's the only one that I've tried. You could try another as long as it's made of 100% citrus oils and has no other ingredients. It doesn't have to be in a spray can. You could apply drops of fluid to the back of the stamps. I'd say try something new on a damaged stamp first. You could try Goo-Gone Original which seems like the same thing but it has other ingredients and I don't know if they will harm the stamps.
@john doe Ronsonol lighter fluid works also, but use with ventilation.
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I am hearing Alan Alda a bit.
I assume you'll eventually get to removing self-adhesive stamps from paper, but I'm not getting any younger so am not going to waste irreplaceable time suffering through a preliminaty, "How to Collect Stamps," etc.
Look at that Kennedy stamp with the heavy cancel. Not collectible. I throw stuff like this in the waste basket.
It was just a random stamp I used to show the process. I believe it's still collectible but with little to no value, depending on how heavy a cancel. Especially the ones that are hand canceled with a black marker. Nothing worse than that.
@@UncleNacki It's so weird that I have saved my stamps to do this, and that Kennedy stamp is on the top of my container. What are the odds?
I collect USA and Sweden mostly, but even some of the newer Sweden are getting tough to remove... Thanks for showing a way to do this.
@@Turtlehands I've noticed certain newer USA stamps have different types of glue. They are definitely experimenting without mentioning it, for obvious reasons. I keep accumulating stamps but haven't removed any from paper since that day I did the video.
I still use hinges for used stamps. You just need to use a quality brand. I swear by Dennison, NOT Dennisen, so be careful. But if you learn how to hinge them properly, they will come right off, if need be.
Dennison hinges are old, and are getting tougher to find.
I agree that certain hinges do great on used stamps in a stamp album but I like using the stock pages because I'm always dealing with very large quantities of individual stamps. At some point I'm gonna do a video series of building a stamp collection and possibly doing a give-away when it's complete.
Why bother removing the paper? Just cut cleanly around the stamp with scissors or an xacto knife. Obviously, you'd have to choose what method to use depending on the thickness of the paper.