Cover The World

I am starting to create the "album pages" for my Cover the World collection. Here is a random page (with a cover I got through an SCF auction).

Another page

I see a lot of partly cancelled fine bar hammers,
on my stamps, like you postcard.
It's nice to see a full cancel impression.
How are you mounting them ?

I am waiting with interest to see how you manage Dungarpur.

Rod - For mounting I use a square of the sticky part of a Post-It-Note to stick onto the surface of the cover/card. I then use a piece of removable double-sided tape to stick between the Post-It-Note piece and the paper. The tape itself really is removable, but in my experience it is best not to have direct contact with the cover. The stickiness of the Post-It-Note material is safe for use on covers.

For postcards it is usually enough to have tacky squares in two corners, but for covers, I like to have them in all four corners.

The Princely State of Dungarpur
1197-1949
Northwest Indian Subcontinent - Currently a district in the State of Rajasthan.

Now if you mean getting a cover, well, that will be a challenge.

Is it that they are expensive because there is not much philatelic material out there yet, or because it is indeed rare?

Very Nice Smauggie! The pic was not there earlier last night so had no idea what you had set up!

Are you going to write the tourist office in those modern nations for an envolope from those countries?

Here are several ideas......

You could use stamp hinges or photo corners to hold the material. I am not sure anyone has done any longevity studies on postit glues and possible
residuals (probably am wrong). Anyway my 2 cents.

Adddionally, I see a LOT of postal stationery that has been mounted over the years in many ways. Glue, hinges, tape, etc. Other than a non-chemical mount system (photo corners for example) there is always some form of damage to the rear of the item, some very bad, some nominal in nature, but still noticable. Many times, on the older items, cover discoloration exists where the item was in contact with whatever they used.

Another possible mount system would be to use the Hawid (or similar) mounting strips. Cut a few small peices, say 1 inch wide, trim off the
top backing at the seal junction and put 2 along the bottom, and one along the top. Slide cover into clean overhang and mount on page. The display
page you may be using (get the archival kind) will hold the item to the page.

I am at work now, when I get home this evening, if you are interested, I will scan and post what I have come up with for my postal stationery
albums. Let me know. It is really a cheap and easy way to do pages, as centering the item is not my prime concern.

Hope this may give you some alternative ideas.

Bob

PoStat4evR - Thanks for the post and ideas. I had a cover with a post-it-note on it for 15+ years and when I peeled it off, there was no damage. In time I will be looking for a way to mount the covers to my pages where they can be stored longer-term.

I would love to see what you have come up with.

Nice pages Smauggie. I assume you are trying to get covers from as many of the past and present stamp issuing entities as possible. Quite a challenge - I am trying to do that for used stamps off cover.

Will post this afternoon (evening) when I get home. I collect mainly pre-1900 postal stationery items, so the effects of 120 plus years of mountings are noticeable. My newest method is to use 5 1/2 by 8 1/2 (effectively 6 x 9) archival display pages
(Staples sells packets of these 25 for around $6.00 - will look up number at home). I computer layout and print the data page, I use acid free 110 lb paper, slip the page into the display page, slip the item in front and "poof" done. This method allows one to remove the item easily for rear examination if need be (on postal stationery, a lot of activity goes on on BOTH sides of the item).
Anyway, it isn't a perfect system, but it is one that can is a
work in progress style. If I get more information, I can just reprint the data page and slip it in, or. in the case of mint items, if I find a better copy, then I can just slip the old one out and slip the new one in.
Will post scan later.
Bob

I use clear photo corners (self adhesive). Since the corner is close, I cut the tip off to allow the corner of the cover to poke through. That way expansion/cobtraction will not warp the cover



See the mounts in the upper right and lower left of this Tuvalu cover.

Nice, I like your system BeeSee.

Lets see some more pics, Smauggie...

Smauggie, let me know if I can help..i imagine you want commercial covers rather than FDC's !

I use clear acid-free, lignin-free photo corners - use on my printed photographs too. Haven't seen any problems with them.