Hinge Application For New Collectors

It seems like it would be common sense, but since I have been pulling hinges off stamps today (with difficulty) I just wanted to reiterate:

The small part of the hinge goes on the stamp, not the large part. The large part is for the album.

That is all.

And if you have to lick them don't smoke tobacco or drink soda/coffee or eat lasagna while so engaged.

On second thought just don't lick them. Period.

I bought an album once wherein the collector had been a smoker/hinge licker and right where the hinges were applied to some otherwise valuable BC stamps were blackish, oily spots. Destroyed.

Advice from a stamp collector ----READ THE PACKAGE first on how to use them .

TIGER DUDE ---Sorry common sense is lacking in our culture . I learn that as a high student when I visited a Sears store and read a warning label on a lawn mower .
The label read " don't lift up while machine is operating " Sears was sued and lost in court because two guys picked the lawn mower up by hand to trim some bushes .

Floortrader - Now THAT is the truth. My favorite was a barstool I had to assemble that had warning stickers that failure to tighten the bolts could cause the stool to collapse with possible serious injury or death. Duh. Lawyers love dumb people. Especially Tik-Tokkers that create content by taking selfies on cliff edges and eating Tide Pods etc.

My favorite is the final sentence of the flight attendants' commercial aircraft safety briefing, which they state orally because they didn't want to redo all the safety videos—"If you have a face covering on, remove it before putting on your oxygen mask."

How about the warning on a steam iron that states "remove clothing from body before use".

Just the long developing process that everyone is a victim, it is always someone else's fault and if you try to hold me responsible for my actions, you are a ____________ (<<< select and insert favorite pejorative).


My favorite idiocy prevention warning, just in case they thought they were buying one dozen melons:

Above from Australia, below the USA.




Sorry, but at some point, being too stupid to live needs to be acknowledged. Then again here in California, every drug overdose is an accidental overdose -- I guess those needles, powders, patches and vapors just flat attacked the the drug "victim" and they had no intent and took no action to ingest same. It was all a freak accident.




I believe there is an Award in his name, not to be confused with the Medal in his name.

Apparently Costco does not have too much faith in the intelligence of their customers. (Stamp-related as I sometimes eat pistachios, sans shells, when viewing my albums).

I am surprised Costco does not label their rotisserie chickens as "Warning: May have contained eggs."

Parcelpostguy. Aint that the truth. Ha ha ha! LoL!

@rogdcam stated:




Sorry, new here. How do you moisten the hinge?

In another thread I think someone said that they press it against their inside lower lip to slightly moisten it. I think someone else mentioned using a qtip.

How do you moisten the hinge?

I vaguely remember reading (years ago) that stamp gum was formulated to work well with saliva. I always assumed it was the same for hinges.

In the video, Vincent Green shows how he moistens the hinges.

I used to lick them until I saw the damage that can be done as I outlined in a previous post. I transitioned to a damp sponge and holding the hinge with my stamp tongs.

Thanks, I saved a link to the video so that I can watch it with sound.