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I only paid $6 for the entire lot, so I'm not out too much money. I was able to soak most of the stamps and then rub off the residual rubber cement. A few of them were damaged beyond repair. There may be long-term issues causing further deterioration. We'll see.
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Oh Yea! Back around 1972 I started putting stamps in my new Minuteman USA album. I was a kid and short on funds for mounts. My father suggested rubber cement and demonstrated how it would work. It rubbed right off. So I followed his direction.
What we didn't know was that after sitting years, it deteriorates and leaves an oily stain. Lost most of my original collection.
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Crystal mounts came with my album back in the 1970's. I had mounted some stamps with them to no ill effect. I later bought an album of plate blocks mounted with the same mounts (at 70% of face) and some of them were toned by the mounts.
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I've been using a new method for mounting large stamps/groups/souvenir sheets for several years. It a product called ZIG from Memory Systems, it's a dual action glue pen designed for archive items such as pictures. It's acid free, xylene free. It comes with several shapes tips such a small point, flat point, I use the flat point because it gives a wide 1/8" glue strip. It goes on the paper blue then dries clear in about 15 seconds. If you put your stamps on when it's blue it will adhere semi-perm or if you wait a few seconds longer it totally peelable. You can reposition your stamps after it dries, It leaves no marks on the stamps/souvenir sheets (better than hinges, the removed stamps looks never hinged), it doesn't add any thickness or weight to the album like other mounts. The most important thing is, no coloring or staining of the stamps (after 5 years - NO stains like rubber cement), does not damage the stamp. I have not found any negatives about this product. This is not an advertisement.
I used other type of glue pens/mounts. I tried one that transfer little rubber dots to the paper, but it left the little rubber dots on the stamps and paper. However it was easy to rubber off, it was not as nice.
You can get the ZIG glue pen at some Michael's or even better at Amazon for about $6.00. The pens last a long time (6 months).
I also use Bill Steiner's pages. Great albums papers, you can replace damaged pages by reprinting them on your computer. My pages are printed on Hammermill's 'Premium Color Copy' paper 28lb or 32lb, white, 100 Brightness. The paper is smooth, the right weight, jam free. The reason for this info, is that it has given me the best results about about 5 years of trying different techniques. Some papers are too thick, hinges sticks tightly to the paper.
I've been buying collections on Ebay for 10+ years and I've seen some very ugly collections using photo mounts, plastic mounts (all companies), scotch tape, etc. I hope this will help some people make nicer collections.
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"Crystal mounts came with my album back in the 1970's. I had mounted some stamps with them to no ill effect. I later bought an album of plate blocks mounted with the same mounts (at 70% of face) and some of them were toned by the mounts."
The above is one of the best posts that I have seen in this community on this topic. It highlights the reason that everyone should be VERY careful when posting and/or recommending their experiments.
Not seeing any ill effects in one environment is a highly limited scope and testing. While this single result might be promising, it gives no indication of what might happen in other environments.
And this was exactly the case with Crystal Mounts. You can still find stamps in Crystal Mounts that show no damage. In other environments, stamps toned and became damaged in just a year or two.
I am sure that any of us would feel absolutely horrible if we were have someone else follow a recommendation we made and ruin their family's heirloom collection. But reading about some of the other new things that people try is wonderful; this is how we expand our knowledge. Anyone who experiments should keep a close eye on their albums and always be mindful of the environment.
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Recently I purchased a Steiner album of used Singapore stamps. All of the stamps were mounted in what appear to be Crystal Mounts. I thought those went the way of the dinosaur some years ago, but perhaps not. In any case, as I was removing them from the pages, I found that whomever mounted them added a dab of rubber cement to each stamp to prevent it from slipping out of its individual mount. What a mess.
I only paid $6 for the entire lot, so I'm not out too much money. I was able to soak most of the stamps and then rub off the residual rubber cement. A few of them were damaged beyond repair. There may be long-term issues causing further deterioration. We'll see.
David
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Oh Yea! Back around 1972 I started putting stamps in my new Minuteman USA album. I was a kid and short on funds for mounts. My father suggested rubber cement and demonstrated how it would work. It rubbed right off. So I followed his direction.
What we didn't know was that after sitting years, it deteriorates and leaves an oily stain. Lost most of my original collection.
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Crystal mounts came with my album back in the 1970's. I had mounted some stamps with them to no ill effect. I later bought an album of plate blocks mounted with the same mounts (at 70% of face) and some of them were toned by the mounts.
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re: Unorthodox method of mounting stamps
I've been using a new method for mounting large stamps/groups/souvenir sheets for several years. It a product called ZIG from Memory Systems, it's a dual action glue pen designed for archive items such as pictures. It's acid free, xylene free. It comes with several shapes tips such a small point, flat point, I use the flat point because it gives a wide 1/8" glue strip. It goes on the paper blue then dries clear in about 15 seconds. If you put your stamps on when it's blue it will adhere semi-perm or if you wait a few seconds longer it totally peelable. You can reposition your stamps after it dries, It leaves no marks on the stamps/souvenir sheets (better than hinges, the removed stamps looks never hinged), it doesn't add any thickness or weight to the album like other mounts. The most important thing is, no coloring or staining of the stamps (after 5 years - NO stains like rubber cement), does not damage the stamp. I have not found any negatives about this product. This is not an advertisement.
I used other type of glue pens/mounts. I tried one that transfer little rubber dots to the paper, but it left the little rubber dots on the stamps and paper. However it was easy to rubber off, it was not as nice.
You can get the ZIG glue pen at some Michael's or even better at Amazon for about $6.00. The pens last a long time (6 months).
I also use Bill Steiner's pages. Great albums papers, you can replace damaged pages by reprinting them on your computer. My pages are printed on Hammermill's 'Premium Color Copy' paper 28lb or 32lb, white, 100 Brightness. The paper is smooth, the right weight, jam free. The reason for this info, is that it has given me the best results about about 5 years of trying different techniques. Some papers are too thick, hinges sticks tightly to the paper.
I've been buying collections on Ebay for 10+ years and I've seen some very ugly collections using photo mounts, plastic mounts (all companies), scotch tape, etc. I hope this will help some people make nicer collections.
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"Crystal mounts came with my album back in the 1970's. I had mounted some stamps with them to no ill effect. I later bought an album of plate blocks mounted with the same mounts (at 70% of face) and some of them were toned by the mounts."
The above is one of the best posts that I have seen in this community on this topic. It highlights the reason that everyone should be VERY careful when posting and/or recommending their experiments.
Not seeing any ill effects in one environment is a highly limited scope and testing. While this single result might be promising, it gives no indication of what might happen in other environments.
And this was exactly the case with Crystal Mounts. You can still find stamps in Crystal Mounts that show no damage. In other environments, stamps toned and became damaged in just a year or two.
I am sure that any of us would feel absolutely horrible if we were have someone else follow a recommendation we made and ruin their family's heirloom collection. But reading about some of the other new things that people try is wonderful; this is how we expand our knowledge. Anyone who experiments should keep a close eye on their albums and always be mindful of the environment.
Don
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