Pressing Stamps? Should I Press These?

Hey everyone, still new to stamps and wanted to get some opinions of pressing stamps. I know in the coin community any attempt to improve a coin is a HUGE NO. Is that the case with stamps? Should you leave it in the original condition? Or could you press a stamp and not devalue it at all? Any thought on this? For example these two stamps I have in this picture could benefit from a nice soak and pressing. However, if it is frowned upon I will refrain from doing so.... Thanks guys!

No - these could do with a soak and a press. Perfectly acceptable, indeed, desirable. Where things like creases on valuable stamos have been pressed out, auction houses advertise the fact (or should do!).

If you are selling the stamp, the crease(s) should be mentioned.

Soaking and pressing is standard practice. It is what you do to get the stamp off the paper.

spartcom5, if you decide to soak and press do it correctly. I use 30 lbs and let it set for 3 days. You will get good results.

Stampmaster

A good alternative to a drying book is a pad of watercolor paper, much less than the Desert Drying book, 30 9" x 12" Sheets provide lots of space.

Just like people, used stamps deserve a bath every once in a while. Once soaked gently, use stamp tongs to remove them to a paper towel before putting them in a drying book. Let them stay in the drying book for at least a day, under weight, and the stamps will come out nice and flat.

I just bought a white ace thor stamp press for $3 is that better than books?

spartcom5, those stamps will look much nicer soaked and pressed. Doing this with used stamps is never frowned upon unless the stamp has ink that will run in water (yours don't).

Any used stamp I acquire that has even so much as a trace of hinge glue, I will soak and press.