Stamp Tragedies! - Canadians Recovered!

That's pretty tacky!

But in a way, kind of cute.

[Sorry Tom, couldn't resist the pun.]

OH MAN......You guys are too much. Who in their right mind would allow themselves to be taped up like that with duct tape...I Wonder if they are related to the moron that didn't think to soak that panel of stamps or even think about the proper way to mount them in the first place. But none the less there is a another wonderful laugh there. Thanks guys and Gals.

So how would you mount stamps to protect them. Yes I am that new? I don't have any stamps like that yet but you never know.

Bandicoot, I'm fairly new at the hobby myself. IMHO for stamps that are mint or CTO in order to preserve the gum I use a mount for them but for used stamps w/o gum or gum in bad shape I just go ahead and use a regular ole hinge.

Cimmaron, there really is no need to preserve the gum on CTO stamps. You can even soak it off if you like.

Ahhh ok cool, thanks for the info Mod.

As I thought it would, the Stamp Lift box was producing a sticky mess so the stamps were soaked instead. Here they are proudly housed in their new and much more deserving home in one of my Scott Internationals. There were nine in all, Canada's complete issue for 1927. Not shown is Scott E3, a special delivery stamp issued that year that's on another page.

Yes, they are no gum examples, but as Herman Hearst pointed out long ago, original gum is the most expensive commodity on earth. None of these is damaged and they all look very nice. And they won't get those darned gum spots as they continue to age, either.

Great job, Modern_Who.

Thanks Bob.

These guys are happy to see that the stamps came thru the soaking process just fine and so am I. That would have really been a tragedy if they hadn't come apart. Good job Mod.

Is there any way to re-glue them like original?




He asks innocently.

Good Job Modern_who

They look stunning on the page.

Dianne

Beautiful stamps, modern_who!

Good job.

No gum is better than no stamp!

Steve

Thanks everyone. As for the question about a way to "re-glue them," some have, and probably do still practice this nefarious art. It's not for me.