Oh, yes! BarbE is referring to "stamp hinges." Please don't use them!
Your stamps may not be highly valuable, but whatever their value, it is diminished when you affix the stamp to a page with a hinge. These are small glassine strips with adhesive on one side. You fold them in half, glue side out, lick one half and stick it on your stamp, then lick the other side and stick it on the page. By doing so, you have disturbed the gum on the back of the stamp, and it is no longer "NH" in stamp collector parlance - never hinged. Use the mounts to treat your stamps kindly! Barbara Joyce Snoqualmie, WA USA > Say, Barbara, maybe this is what DS used on my picture.......the glassine tabs > are a bit archaic BarbE >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Barbara Joyce <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: Malvary J Cole <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ; arachne >> <mailto:lace@arachne.com> >> Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2006 10:10 AM >> Subject: Re: [lace] Re Stamp raffle >> >> As the daughter and wife of avid stamp collectors, I can offer at least one >> option to you. My husband uses Showgard mounts, but there are several other >> brands, too. The particular style he likes is an opaque dark plastic backing >> with an upper clear plastic layer bonded to it along one side. The back of >> the dark layer is adhesive, so you can moisten it and then affix it to the >> sheet on which you're mounting and framing. The mounts come in many sizes. >> To use them, you just cut to size, separate the two layers, and slide the >> stamp in. He uses long strips and cuts them to the desired size for the >> stamp. For albums, he puts the sealed end on the top, but for a frame that's >> hanging on the wall, I think I'd put the sealed end at the bottom, to >> prevent the stamp from sliding out. >> >> I did a Google search and found a US company that sells them by mail order >> <http://www.mdstamp.com/>, but any stamp collecting shop will have something >> similar. Malvary, I did a google search "stamp collecting supplies ottawa" >> and came up with <http://www.iankimmerly.com/index.php>. >> >> Hope this helps, >> >> Barbara Joyce >> >> Snoqualmie, WA >> USA >> >> >> >>> "Lorri Ferguson wrote: This has inspired me to pursue a project of framing >>> my growing collection of stamps" >>> >>> I was just cleaning out a box of mostly junk and came across a small block >>> of 12 of the US Lace Stamps. I thought I'd frame them, but Lorri's comment >>> made me wonder what is the best way to mount them - obviously don't want to >>> stick them to the backing, but if I put a mount under the glass, how do I >>> keep the stamps in place? >>> >>> Thanks for any ideas. >>> >>> Malvary in Ottawa >>> >>> - >>> To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: >>> unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> - >> To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: >> unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
