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leoh
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Posted 09/22/2012   12:08 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add leoh to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
I bought the following stamp knowing of the paper/glue on the back. (first two images) Accidently, I dropped my tongs and the tip hit the chunk of glue and it shattered. Hmmm.... I think I'll try to soak it for awhile. After about 7 minutes, the glue was soft enough to dab off. I soaked a couple more minutes and it came almost clean! (last two images). I'm very happy with the result, of course.
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doug2222
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Posted 09/22/2012   12:12 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add doug2222 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Old U.S. stamps are generally not harmed by soaking in warm water; another ten minutes and all traces of that old horsehide glue should disappear.
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raywrio
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Posted 09/22/2012   12:41 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add raywrio to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Looks nice and clean and best of all the stamp does look damaged.
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leoh
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Posted 09/22/2012   1:21 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add leoh to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Why is it "best" if it is damaged? Or was that a typo? And if it is damaged, where? Is it the perfs?
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Edited by leoh - 09/22/2012 1:24 pm
quigngt
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Posted 09/22/2012   2:10 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add quigngt to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I bet raywrio meant to say not damaged. I always soak old classics like these when they have clumped up glue.
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leoh
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Posted 09/22/2012   9:08 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add leoh to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
#63 after soaking again... just gets better... Thanks, Doug.



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I_Love_Stamps
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Posted 09/24/2012   10:42 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add I_Love_Stamps to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Maybe a small hydrogen peroxide dip, a good rinse and a pressing would resurrect it a bit more?
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leoh
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Posted 10/01/2012   12:29 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add leoh to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Here is same stamp after soaking in hydrogen peroxide for a few minutes, then a water rinse. A little better, I think. Thanks, I Love Stamps. By the way, what's the best way to press a stamp?



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leoh
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Posted 10/01/2012   12:38 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add leoh to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
... and, the black spec on the back of the stamp is a hitchhiker from my scanner. I flicked it right off, the little bugger.
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doug2222
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Posted 10/01/2012   1:15 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add doug2222 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
One of the best features, as yet unmentioned, is the red cancel...

But I'm having trouble figuring out what cancel might end in "...GT."
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BeeSee
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Posted 10/01/2012   2:17 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add BeeSee to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
It looks like "1 ct." (one cent)to me.
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BeeSee in BC
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leoh
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Posted 10/01/2012   5:12 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add leoh to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I thought it was OCT. but the O doesn't fit in.

At the top I can make out ITY; I think that might be the end of CITY?

Could this have been cancelled twice?
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stampvirgin
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Posted 10/01/2012   6:26 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add stampvirgin to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I use a old fashioned stamp press to press stamps.

basically use a large wood or metal clamp with drying paper inside...
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Russ
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Posted 10/01/2012   7:00 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Russ to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Its a carrier cancel.
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wt1
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Take a look at this rotated version of the image with most of the stamp electronically removed. I read it to be "PAID 1 CT" at the bottom:

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BeeSee
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Posted 10/01/2012   7:16 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add BeeSee to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Good work WT1.
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BeeSee in BC
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