Kleen-Peel Stamp Hinges

Floortrader, thanks for the clarification.

Just to clarify, Prinz, now apparently the only manufacturer of stamp hinges left, is located in Germany, not Austria. It's in Passau, a German city on the Austrian border, but it's still Germany. Maybe that's the source of the confusion. Google the "Prinz" website and you can find their actual location without too much trouble.

As for these "Kleen-Peel" hinges, it would be interesting if someone got hold of an actual pack of them and reported how "kleenly" they peel off the album page -- or not.

There are many weasely claims in the exciting world of stamp hinges such as the "Dennisen" fake imitation of the old gold standard of hinges spelled differently as "Dennison". Another is use of the word "peelable" on hinges which are not peelable cleanly in any way whatsoever.

DrewM----- I said Austria not Germany we are talking about British hinges .

Exactly! Anything less than an experiment is speculation...

I've got enough crappy hinges on hand, otherwise I would offer to order some. There is a seller on ebay but right now they only have large lots (13 packages of 500) available.

John

Next time I'm in China I'll pick up a packet.

As the seller's in New York, you can drive there now.

Read the second line on these S.G. stamp hinges from Great Britain .

I think we're getting confused here . . . This is a discussion about Kleen-Peel hinges which say on their package they are "foreign made (so not made in Britain). Then Prinz hinges got mentioned and it started to get confusing.

Parcelpostguy: The packaging says "foreign made" meaning imported from outside of England. The next question is in what countries were hinges made, besides the USA back when the best hinges, Dennison, were made. In recent years the best but still inferior hinges are German made Prinz.

Floortrader: Parcelpostguy -------Those hinges your talking about were made in AUSTRIA.

DrewM: Just to clarify, Prinz, now apparently the only manufacturer of stamp hinges left, is located in Germany, not Austria. It's in Passau, a German city on the Austrian border, but it's still Germany. Maybe that's the source of the confusion. Google the "Prinz" website and you can find their actual location without too much trouble.

Floortrader: DrewM----- I said Austria not Germany we are talking about British hinges.

The Kleen-Peel hinges say they are "foreign made," not made in Britain, so it may be a stretch to say they are "British hinges"? They seem to have been sold in Britain, though.

But I wasn't referring to them. I was referring to the remark about where Prinz hinges are made. They are actually made by Prinz in Passau, Germany. It is on the Austrian border, though. Maybe the Kleen-Peel hinges we started talking about were made by Prinz? In Germany.

Going further down the hinges rabbit hole, the so-called "Stanley Gibbons hinges from Great Britain" are actualy "MP" hinges from Minkus Publications (which was in the U.S.) so maybe the wrong photo got added?

But they do say they were made in Austria, but by whom I have no idea. Maybe Prinz had another factory on the other side of the river in Austria? But what does that have to do with Kleen-Peel hinges?

Sure they are.




Not a thing.