Mystic Mount Sizing

Heads us - I purchased Mystic mounts for the first time. The mounts are fine but the sizing differs from the Showgard mounts I have. Mystic appears to size mounts by the total size of the mount, not the size do stamp that fits. I purchased strips and singles at 30mm in height. However the largest stamp that can fit is only 27mm. I mounted a stamp last night that fit perfectly into a 28mm Showgard mount, but it did not fit into the 30mm Mystic mounts. Anyone have a similar experience?

Yep, a couple of years ago, guess I did not pay strict attention to their description. I stick with Showguard now.

I wonder if they are made by Prinz- those mounts are as you described, sized by the mount, not the stamp. It is very confusing and I swear I don't know why they continue to do it.

I use Mystic mounts, mainly 4 sizes for horizontal/vertical commemoratives and horizontal/vertical definitives. I hit one vertical definitive that was too tall to fit in the mount and had to use a different mount. I've also noticed that they don't have a properly sized mount for the Colombians. A standard horizontal commem mount won't fit in the square they have for it...but a little trimming will fix that.

I do have a few other sizes of Mystic mounts but I don't use them much.

All in all, I like Mystic mounts OK, and their prices aren't too terrible.

The pricing of the mounts is what made them attractive. Once I figure out the sizing I may use them again, but fir now I have my Showgard sizing guide and the Scott/Showgard mounts.

I've been using Mystic mounts (strips) for a long time. Until recently they described the mount size in their catalog by the size of the mount, not the stamp that will fit. Their catalog would give a description of how to size mounts: measure the stamp and add 5 mm. to each dimension.

About a year or so ago, they changed the descriptions in their catalog. Now they are described by the size of the stamp.

For example, I use strips. A MM635 mount is now described in their catalog as fitting a stamp with a height of 24 mm. Fine. However, only the mount size is still on the package. A MM635 strip measures 215 X 29 mm.

If you are mounting a stamp, you have to add 5 mm. to the size of the stamp to get the correct mount package to use but you don't have to do it when you order.

I wish they had either kept the old mount size description in the catalog or changed the packages to include the stamp size, not just the size of the mount.

Dan