10 Packs Original Dennison Hinges, Need Advice

Donald, here is a stock photo but all are the same as shown.

Hi again,
Although I've been back in the hobby (after45 years) a relatively short time, I have a lot of experience removing stamps from the 6 album collections I picked up. The Dennison hinges used by two of the collectors peel off easily and do no damage. Some of the other types are similar, but some are horrible.

Where some folks screwed up was when they used hinges on gummed stamps. When they licked the part of the hinge that sticks to the album, they were sloppy and wet part of the stamp. This caused the stamp adhesive to bond with the album page, and I have had to leave several of them in the album - rather than tear up the stamp or the album page.

So...don't keep us in suspense. Did the freezer trick work?

Sorry about that. When I took them out and lightly crumbled them the majority came apart. Still have some peeling but the freezer trick worked very well.

Hi,
I wonder if a session in the microwave would do it.........

Microwave NO! I Yell NO! It will melt the Gum. Freezer trick works for Stamps and Hinges as well. Agaaaaaaaaain I yell NO Tools! Fingers only. You can break them apart and save the gum Mint Stamps and Hinges or anything with glue that is stuck together. You may lose a couple but you won't lose much. Freeze about 10-20 minuets.No Microwave, No Tools. Fingers only!

Chuck

So, Chuck, how about a toaster oven?

Yea that probably would work. Or maybe just a toaster?

Forgive my ignorance, but what makes these Dennison hinges so desirable? Besides being a discontinued product, or is that just it? Do people just love the nostalgia of them?

They peal off the album pages and the stamps easier. A better grade of glue probably was used. It used to be that the only way to mount stamps in an album was to use hinges. Cheap hinges were manufactured but the quality wasn't put into the product. The hinges caused the stamp backs to peel causing thin stamps even ruining them sometimes. I still have a few Dennison Hinges left. The ones in a yellow package were good to. I may have a package of them. Prinz They are German made. I have a brand new package of them. The name on the package is Klebefalze.

Make that a lesser quality of glue. At least a glue that didn't stick as tightly. A slight pull would peel it off of either stamp or album page.




Klebefalze is the German word for "hinge". That word is found on more than one type of German made stamp hinge.

I have a pack of Prinz hinges in a yellow envelope. They do say Klebefalze. I haven't tried peeling them though. I'll do a test....

Well supposedly the best hinges were German made. Now you know why I don't collect Foreign stamps. A third of the Countries I never heard of and another I couldn't even pronounce the name and Couldn't tell which stamp went to which country. The other third he countries no longer existed. So after a year and when I was a Teenager I decided to collect U.S. At least I could read the name on the stamp and know what country it came from.

Prinz hinges in the yellow package are acceptable and will peel off...the a certain extent...if you are careful...just like most any hinges will peel off. They don't come off nearly as cleanly or as easily as the old Dennison (and other brands...mostly made by Dennison). The best hinges including Dennison are green whereas most hinges today are whiteish/translucent.

I have been told but don't know personally that there is only one manufacturer of hinges still producing today. That would be the German company that makes the Prinz hinges. If that is true (and I have no reason to suspect it is not) all new hinges would be exactly the same no matter what brand they are sold under.

I have been told (and again, I don't know if it is true) that the glue on the older hinges contained a protein made from hide or hoof byproducts and is not allowed under current FDA regulations.

Yea Buck I had read some where that glue was made from Horses Hoofs.