Truely Peelable Hinge

A big clue should have been that dogs don't use peelable hinges. They just lick the whole back of the stamp.

Their tongues barely fit in their mouths. How can they be expected to handle a hinge?

I normally don't sell supplies, but I do have some spare packs of the original Dennison's (not Dennisen's!!). If you still need them, post again when you get to 50 posts and I'll toss a few packs up for sale.

I've had German Shepherds for the last 35 years. Lost my last one at 13 years (she was a rescue). Current one is a rescue also. Thanks for the heads up on the spelling of Dennison. I'll ignore the part about the dog being the stamp collector

Are "Dennis" the same as G&K's "Dennis's Stamp Hinges" which are described as made from the original Dennison machine rebuilt? I have been usng them. They seem to stick solid and tough to peel although I moisten just a minimal amount at the very bottom for album attach. If a divot then it's the smalles possible and I can re-use the hinge when replacing the stamp. It's not going to be easy to get it off a stamp w/gum so if I wanted to remount using hingless pages/mounts I would have hinge remaims on the back of stamps unless I used a fluid to detach.

The "G&K Pre-fold stamp hinges" are marketed as addressing the need to peel easily while still holding the stamps in place. That sounds like what we want but I assume it doesn't live up to the promise based on the comments.

For mounting thousands of WW common stamps I can't justify using mounts although I do use mounts for MNH and any high dollar item but the mixture of mounts and hinges on high density pages isn't attractive.

Mounting is one of my frustrations with stamps unless I just stick w/my hinging and limited mounts. I do miss the 70's when I could peel and restick although many purchases come mounted with Dennison.

OK guys and girls, just had to show you my current shepherd. She often wanders into the room where I'm sorting stamps, looks up at me and then proceeds to blow my stamps all over the place...

I found Dennis hinges but in parentheses it said G&K. Will do more searching on the net tomorrow. Again, so glad I joined this group. I've learned so much in the past month. Thanks.

Yes, the "Dennis" hinges were sold under G&K (Subway's brand).

Subway has mothballed the old Dennison machine again, so Dennis's Stamp Hinges are no longer available.

I bought a bunch. What's interesting is that the very early ones actually worked pretty well (I found them fairly peelable, few problems). The subsequent ones were not as good, bordering on lousy/typical. Not sure what happened. The bad news for me, is that I didn't notice the difference until after I mixed my boxes up!

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It baffles me as to why there isn't a similar (if not better) modern version (or simple resurrection of the old Dennison machine as G&K attempted). We live in a world where many industries experience "Moore's Law" on complex technology such as silicon microprocessors. We have miracle medicine and yet something as simple as a stamp hinge leave collectors scrambling for the old technology. If they built it, I think we would come (i.e. there seems to be market demand).

Quanah, I think one thing that happened is the MNH craze began to take over in the mid-60's and everyone started going with mounts. They have replaced a lot of hinges, over the years.

For used stamps you can use anything. I don't waste any of the old Dennison's or Fold-O's that I find on used stamps nor on heavily hinged mint stamps or on mint stamps with hinge remnants. They only go on lightly hinged mint and mint never hinged (which by today's standards immediately reduces their value).

Kim, I'm going to have to keep alert. I've been looking for a pack of original Dennison's (or Fold-O-Hinge) for a long time.

Marty

I recently bought an album page with the Famous Americans stamps on it. They had been hinged in with the old blue-green peelable hinges. It brought back a lot of good memories of those wonderful hinges. The hinges let go of the album page and the stamp so easily.

OK, I didn't expect the number of responses I got regarding my Dennison packets.

I decided NOT to post the hinges in a thread in the selling forum, because I don't want to give people the impression that I usually supplies.

So I will simply state in this thread -- yes I have some full packs of Dennison's. The price is not necessarily better than if you patiently did some hunting around. But apparently it's competitive enough to have already been accepted by those who asked. If anyone else is interested, I have a few more packets. Email the number of packets you want for a price quote. First come first served. If you don't have 50 posts yet, I can reserve a packet for you, but you must wait until you get to 50 posts to actually purchase -- those are the Forum rules.

My apologies for sticking in a sales pitch in this thread.

To ask on an old thread...
I've been noticing that every time I touch my mother's old stamp album, more stamps flake off the pages. It seems the hinges used in the 50's and 60's have lost all their stick, and the stamps are just falling off.

Is this normal? I'm assuming the solution is to re-hinge as things fall out.
What's the usual life expectancy for a stamp hinge, and do albums need regular hinge updating?

That does happen with some brands, and also when the album has been stored in certain environments [such as hot/dry, and I would also imagine very cold environments too(?)].

The problem with most hinges, actually, is that they work TOO well, and won't remove without soaking.

The Dennisons developed a fantastic reputation because of their peelability, and yes, when in really short supply, they can be lightly "reused" a couple of times -- but I don't recommend it. But yes, I have "reattached" hinges that were not stuck well or I had temporarily removed to make a stamp measurement. I have not experienced any major problems with the rehinge not being strong enough to hold the stamp down.

From what I have been reading, I should be keeping my pack of Dennisons never hinged. Oh, I mean never stamped.