Curling Stamps

Hello Guys,
I have a problem with curling stamps. I have a friend that will send me stamps from time to time. Nice stamps, but after I have taken them out of the packaging and I am sorting them, they just start to curl. They are coming from S. Carolina, so it's a humidity thing I guess, but is there a way to keep them from curling once I remove them from the packaging? I got a collection from her that is over 400 WW stamps and they are all starting to look like rolly poly bugs, even the triangular stamps. HELP!

Donna

Hi Donna

I have the same problem. I put my curled stamps under a stack of books for about 48 hours.




Butch

DANG!

In the words of Maxwell Smart, "I missed it by that much."

On a more serious note, Donna. I doubt this time of year is very humid--even in South Carolina. There was another thread here recently about curling -- try the search button up top.

I'm sure someone here will have some good input. Is it safe to assume they're Mint?

KirkS

Aaaaah, another benefit of saving gum, curling.

Result of that science thing we all did in school,
the "bi metallic strip" where uneven expansion
of two types of material causes a curling effect.

You can place these under a book, you can put them
in an archival plastic sleeve and gently
slide the sleeve over the edge of your desk,
these sorts of solutions will all straighten the stamp,
but behind the scenes, every time it changes shape
tiny paper hairs in the stamp are being torn.

Gum is really not the type of thing
one wants to be associated with.

You are not alone, there is the famous Indian
exhibition IIRC where to reduce the heat
somebody sprayed water on the floors, and priceless exhibits
turned into little curlies as yours.

Some bright spark at the USPS
deduced gum made stamps curl.
I would have thought that would have been rather obvious
for someone who had been producing stamps for some time..

Kirks, I was going to show that same stamp! Dang!

I guess I've got Canada on the brain lately.

KS