Interested In Preservation Of V Volume Scott International Postage Stamp Album

So I was wondering if anyone can offer some suggestions as how to handle a recent set of volumes not added to and stored for the past aprox. 40 years.... Im guessing that they may not have always been in climate control storage, but not sure. The collection came from a well known dealer then added to. Some of the stamps, on brief short browsing, I've noticed look to have gum, new, but hinged. Lots are of course cancelled and hinged. I've noticed some fading (look at the 1880 cuban ex.'s) and some ink thats been pulled from stamps and into the album paper. Most interested in preservation and halting further degrading. Can anyone provide ideas as to guidelines in transferring to new pages / mounts / albums ? To do or not to do? Tks! Here are some examples of random pages.

What is the copyright of the albums.? White pages sell better than yellowed pages. Of several "Big Blue" albums I sold my very best valued stamps with yellowed pages had the poorest result. Do not include facsimiles. Another lesson.

I am not seeing any fading which there should not be since the stamps were not stored in sunlight. I would leave it intact myself. The pages do not look bad at all and the material looks interesting. If some stamps are partially adhered the horse has left the barn. I do not believe that the juice would be worth the squeeze to remove the material.

Mr Metaphor

Not to be funny but the Cuba stamps probably faded when they were in Cuba, not inside this album. I do see that the upper right Cuba stamp may have discolored the facing page. Other than that spot, the album looks fine to me. The mint stamps that have hinges are not going to get any better by moving them to a new album. It actually looks better than my current International album so I agree with Mr. Metaphor.

The album condition looks fine to me and I think everything can be kept in place. If you're really careful, there is no problem with stamps on facing pages grabbing each other. You can buy and add interleaving, but that also bulks up the album(s).

Per wkusau, the Cuba stamps are actually fresher and in better shape than what's found in most worldwide albums.

Store the album in a cool dry place is all, with as little variation in conditions as possible. Humidity and sunlight are your main enemies.

Interleaving with glassine would be well worth doing - in fact, I thought these albums were interleaved. Without it, stamps will mesh with one another, with the risk of damage.

Congrats! Those look very nice. I was in exact same situation - inherited old Scott Internationals - that had been stored for over 60 years and the stamps were fine. Some page yellowing was all. Perhaps add interleaving as mentioned above.

Thanks all. They are copyright 1955-1961.

Will investigate interleaving. Also, redwoowrandy - what did you mean by facsimile?

Also, just noticed, when I pulled 2 of the albums down to Ck copyright, I noticed blue/black dust on shelf by albums. I'm sure from sliding them in/ out to view. So outsides of albums are definitely wearing. Maybe just new binders are in order?? Will take wait and see approach.