Tracing Vs. Glassine Paper

FYI the web site you linked is taking a LOT of liberties, there is no such thing as "ISO 9706 standard for Stamp Album Pages and Storage Products".

ISO 9706 was developed on the basis of the standard ANSI Z39.48:1984, American National Standard for Information Sciences — Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials. Folks can purchased the entire ISO standard from ISO at https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:std...:v1:en:sec:C if interested but they won't find any section dedicated to stamps, stamp albums, or album pages. (The standard is only 5-6 pages long.)

The standard almost exclusively deals with the acid content in paper. It's important to recognize that papers satisfying ISO 9706 are using a standard which was not designed for stamp collecting. A ISO 9706 compliant (pH neutral/acid free) paper might NOT achieve the standard required for a stamp album having a life measured in decades. (Can't hurt but just be aware that it isn't like the web site you linked makes it sound.)

Also note that if a stamp album or pages were made that met or exceeded this ISO standard, it would be marked as such. I am sure that many paper manufacturers are making paper that is alkaline buffered because it is a good marketing decision but unless there is a ISO 9706 mark on the package it is not considered covered by the standard. I have never seen any stamp pages or albums which carried a ISO 9706 mark.

There are even some 'acid free' papers being sold which include recycled fiber. If a paper contains recycled materials it cannot be guaranteed not to contain any mechanical pulp and the resulting lignin. These manufacturers use the term 'acid free' simply because they do not add any acids during the production process and add some Calcium Carbonate for buffering. How much buffering the paper may contain to neutralize the acidic organics is anyone's guess. And cover collectors should also be ware that mounting a cover or postcard (which was made years ago with what may be poor quality paper) on acid free pages will have little positive archival effect. The acids in the cover itself will tone and eventually destroy the cover unless they are also neutralized.

It could also be argued that the environmental storage conditions are as important, if not more important, that the paper itself. If a collector were to use a ISO 9706 standard paper but then have poor environmental storage conditions, the stamps would become damaged in spite of the paper pH.

So while choosing a pH neutral/acid free paper is a good choice, the ISO 9706 standard will be little help to stamp collectors. Those who wish to learn more about this topic would be better served doing research on archival sciences (especially from leading libraries). They will find this topic is far more complex than simply choosing a paper that is marketed as 'acid free'.
Don

While I was searching about ISO 9706, I found Parchment paper in the link bellow (A4 Archival Quality Parchment Paper (PARP)) which manufactured to ISO 9706 but I don't know if this kind of paper is applicable to protect and preserve the stamps or not?
- http://www.my-history.co.uk/acatalo...e-Paper.html
- http://www.my-history.co.uk/acatalo....html#SID=18

Please share your opinion?

This is paper for writing on, rather than dividing pages, as glassine does.

My son brought up from the basement a stock book I had made some 60+ years ago. I made it out of notebook paper, scotch tape, and wax paper. Why wax paper? Because my mom had a roll in a drawer in the kitchen. I didn't know there was glassine paper, and I certainly didn't know how to get any. After over six decades in that environment, the stamps are fine. I suspect most stamps are tougher than we give them credit for.

Don