Stamp Restoration Information

Here is a stamp restoration place within 50 km of me..Now I know most don't like this concept...Read through their words, see their work and let me know what you think..

Robert

http://home.golden.net/~hanssitt/SR...SRShome.html

I think it would have been a little more credible if he/she had painted in the bottom frame line.

Only 238 visitors to the site since Jan 10, 2001. That's telling.

Conservation/preservation = Yes
Restoration = No

Restoration means making permanent changes. Restorations are dangerous in the marketplace.
Don

That is the point I am getting across Don..There are a lot of people out there that would take advantage using such a site to benefit in a monetary way.

Maybe the site should include a "RESTORED" stamp on the back of every restoration done..Something like below.

Robert

>>>https://goscf.com/t/41218&SearchTer...<<<

Robert, you have done this a while back. Why ?

Peter

Older age..But trying to get information to new and newer collectors..Is that a bad thing Peter..?

Robert

If repairs are done in an identifiable way, that's fine with me. If they are reversible, that's best. Or if they're marked as "Restored" or "Repaired," that works, too. The standard used in art restoration ought to apply here. Clearly identifiable repairs or clearly marked repairs don't bother me. It's when a stamp is changed or altered to become something it never was that all the problems begin.

I don't think most of us have a problem with someone cleaning a stamp even though the dirt and grime are part of its history. If I find a hanging bit of paper attached to one of the perfs, I might snip it off to tidy up the stamp. If a stamp got folded, I might unfold it neatly. If a perf is bent, I unbend it. However, if I draw a line where a line is missing, that's unacceptable. The line you should not cross is when you change the nature of the original stamp. Then you're on thin ice.

When the repairs are clearly visible, that's fine. If the stamp is clearly marked as "Repaired" or "Restored," that would be fine. I don't think most people would object to that. Like unfolding a folded perf or washing off dirt, these things are legitimate. Repairing a thin spot doesn't bother me, either, if the stamp is thin marked "Repaired" or if the paper used for the repair is clearly visible. Art work is repaired the same way with additional material added to strengthen a failing canvas. In fact that''s a good thing to preserve the artwork. The same standard can be used for stamps, I think.

I'm not bothered if the intention is to restore the stamp to what it was originally -- as long as you don't alter the original stamp. The repair should be clearly visible (using different paper for repairing a thin, for example) or iit should be marked as "Repaired" or "Restored".

What's not legitimate is to alter the original stamp to make it look like something it never was -- adding perfs where there were none, drawing in a line, that sort of thing. Alteration from the original is the line you should not cross. Even if you don't intend to deceive, if you just want a nicer stamp for your own collection, farther down the road it's likely to become a problem when someone else owns that stamp. If I trimmed the perfs off a perforated stamp just so I could put that imperf in my album, it may not be a big deal for me. But for the next collector, I've created a real problem. For that to be anywhere near honest, you'd have to mark the back of the stamp "Altered" -- but who is going to do that?

Removing left in perfs like what is present on my stamp below does not affect the price, but yes cleans it up to look more presentable.





Correct, to stop sellers trying to pass off damaged stamps as good original stamps.




Exactly..



Only honest stamp collectors and stamp sellers.

Robert

I would be very cautious about removing the perforation remainders. Sometimes the paper fibers are not weakened, and it is possible to damage the stamp.

The examples they give are not all restoration. The 1c Columbian looked to have had a natural straight edge and it was then reperfed. That is fakery. It is relatively easy to detect in this case.

bookbndrbob..That's why I have lots of stamps with extra perfs, and are still there..Afraid to damage the stamps.

Here is a good example why I should use this service..My Scott 61 has a flaw in it as you can see from my post..Would be nice to have it repaired so it would be like the one I found on ebay.

Robert

Yes, that would be one worth sending them a scan and asking how successful they might be. It would definitely improve the curb appeal. Good Luck.