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Removal Of Sa Stamps From Cover

 
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Posted 12/18/2018   5:57 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add Perfeleven to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
I read somewhere that one can use citrus degreaser to safely remove used stamps from their cover, but I forgot where. Can someone tell me how to do this?
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Posted 12/18/2018   8:41 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Glenn Estus to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I use Pure Citrus spray. It can be found in most stores.
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Posted 12/18/2018   10:52 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add hy-brasil to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Using Pure Citrus for this purpose is on more than one YouTube video. It will depend on how well one can get all the adhesive off the stamp without damaging the stamp. There are some stamps with internal cuts intended to destroy stamps lifted from an envelope; some people are good at keeping them intact, some are not.

An alternate is just to trim the backing envelope closely around the stamp. Freeform shapes can have a square cut around it. That's done with a steel ruler and hobby knife or a mount cutter.
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Posted 12/18/2018   10:59 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add 91stang to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I just wrote an article about this. Iswsc.org. The circuit news letter..
It works, I tried it..
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Posted 12/19/2018   06:49 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add tohill2 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
For 91stang,

Can you give us more of the URL? That's a pretty big site.

TIA
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