Do You Re-Mount Cut Corners And Postal Stationary?

I just read the current post on hinges and was wondering if it was alright to hinge cut corners, and or use "photo" corners on full stationary.

I've much to research, and am currently more concerned about acid paper pages. Do I elect to re-construct binders full, or just switch pages. I don't think I can afford the expense of full cover pages/ with pockets for the entire collection, and the current scheme is mixed pages of covers with cut squares, and I would lose that as well, if I change.
Thanks all.

To answer your question: "Do what works best for you!"

Personally, I hinge my cut squares as few are worth more than a few cents to a few dollars at most. Today's collectors aren't much interested in cut squares as opposed to collecting the entire cover, so the value of cut squares today is minimal at best. Therefore, use of hinges is a much more economical way to go.

Of course, if you do have some scarce and/or valuable cut squares, then I'd use mounts on those examples, since the value could be diminished if they were hinged. I doubt the hinges would have much negative effect on the very common material, though, since values are so minimal to begin with.

One word of caution about photo corners: I would carefully select the type of photo corners to use for mounting covers or full pieces of postal stationery. They should at least read "archival safe", as some of the older ones do not have that designation and could result in damage or discoloration to the corners of your covers over time. Of course, photo corners can also result in damage as a result of bending the item(s) to fit into the photo corners. Again, much depends on the quality of your collection. If you have extraordinarily scarce or valuable pieces, you may want to use full cover mounts or page protectors for them; with the photo mounts being used on the the cheaper material (in much the same way as stamp hinges are used on the cheaper cut squares).

I use clear photo corners on my covers and stationary. They are acid free and easy to use, being self adhesive.

Like jamesw, I too use the clear photo mounts. They are practically invisible and they do not distract a viewer from the main focal point.

I have attached a scan of one of my pages from my album of advertising covers to show you and example

Chimo

Bujutsu

Thanks everyone!

I have a collection of covers hinged with the photo corners. It looks great except when the previous collector didn't position the corner correctly and instead of correcting it crammed the cover in... Which folded the corner over itself. Besides that, they look great, are inexpensive and safe.

Note, another reason I like the transparent photo corners. I bought an album of covers last year at an auction, and the collector had mounted them with black photo corners, the clear ones probably weren't available at the time. I noticed when I took the covers out of the old album a slight colour difference you could see where the envelope had darkened ever so slightly, but had been protected by the black photo corner.
Another reason to go clear.