Storing New Stamp Sheets

what's best way of storing brand new stamp sheets to avoid humidity and them sticking to one another over time?

at present, I fold and insert a sheet in a large sealable plastic bag but air it out with a hair blower on "hot" to take out any air humidity befor sealing or closing the plastic bag.

previously I just folded and placed with the lot, until some of them got stuck with others

Excuse the overkill, but Canada Post store all theirs in an
"Architect's Plan cabinet"
They are available from around $50 from used Stationery auctions
and you can get them in a vertical format.
Not practical for the average stamp collector, but worth mentioning, nonetheless, esp if you plane to collect sheets/panes etc

Seal them securely in plastic the way that you do and then
store them underwater. The water will absorb the humidity.

Now don't take that seriously!

is that what I'm doing wrong Larry
not teaching them to swim

I use a Super Mint Sheet File it has 30 20" X 14" pages that are large split glaceing/wax (pages are doubled over like a trough)pages that holds the sheet between the folds or in the trough,never had any trouble with humidity or the stamps sticking together to the sheets of the folder/file.

good one modern

Nic, I'm glad you didn't take offense.

Good one Larry.

There's lots of good info here, but it's the humor that makes me want to log in several times a day!

KS

just got back! a friend collector said to try placing small dessicant tea sized bags to soak up the humidity inside the plastic box together with the stamps. It's same or similar to the half-tea bag sized that you find in big medicine bottles full of tablets or capsules.

has anybody tried that and is that common usage? thanks!

all of you guys are wrong. the best way to store those sheets is on vulcan no oxygen and no humidity so send them to me and I will make sure they survive for ever :)

dear nic I am burnt ont he topic of silica gel so I wont go on and on its good but its effect becomes zero once it has absorbed the moisture and there is no such thing as an airtight bag :)

When I used to develop a lot of film, I had a couple of film driers that each had a big metal cartridge filled with silica gel. As drying time slowed it was necessary to place these into the oven for a while to drive off the moisture. I'd use a small toaster oven for this. However, since it's doubtful that the packaging used for these bags of silca gel is oven safe, you might, from time to time, sun dry them. Put them out in direct sun for the day and let old Sol burn off the moisture. The stuff seems to last indefinitely as long as you keep drying it out.

Your right spock, and modern_who appears to have a solution, that's to dry out the silica gels tea bags under the sun. And we have a lot of sun here, in truth, too much sun.

My gels should dry out quickly

as an added comment, my soaked stamps curl up into rolls by themselves when sun dried. That's how hot the noon day sun here is

ok I am really tired bt I will say this

get ev dry rechargeable silica gel

then get glass line envelopes

then get intercept shield envelopes and put them there

keep recharging the gel every 2 weeks using electricity

and you will be golden