Short wave works best with Winnipeg tagging and British Machin phosphor bars. Long wave is more useful when dealing with Canadian tagging (other than Winnipeg) and paper fluorescence.
does anyone have a recommendation for a UV detector/lamp? I am starting to mount my Canadian stamps in Steiner album pages and a majority of the post WWII stamps have a tagged and untagged identification.
Knuppster59, I have used a UV lamp for years and love my little lamp that fits in my pocket. It is sold by lots of places under different names, but the cheapest one seems to be from www.uvtools.com. It comes with a short wave UV lamp installed, and mine came with a loose long wave lamp at no additional cost.
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Posted 09/30/2013 3:30 pm
