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General Philatelic/Gen. Discussion : Breaking up mint sheets and blocks

 

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DannyS
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27 Feb 2019
09:23:45am
This isn't something I have ever had to do that much in the past, but any advice on splitting stamps without pulled perfs and so on? Is it best to fold and then gently pull apart or use a cutter of some sort?
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michael78651

27 Feb 2019
09:43:34am
re: Breaking up mint sheets and blocks

Don't use a cutter, unless the stamps are imperf. Gently fold the perforations back and forth to loosen the paper. Then gently tear the stamps apart.

Also, do not stack the stamps on top of each other to try to separate several stamps at the same time. If the stamps are not exactly lined up over each other, and the stamps will shift during the separation process, the perfs will be torn off and the stamps ruined. I see this quite often from new issue and approval dealers.

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DannyS
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28 Feb 2019
01:25:41am
re: Breaking up mint sheets and blocks

Thanks Michael. No cutter then ;-)

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michael78651

28 Feb 2019
01:58:33am
re: Breaking up mint sheets and blocks

Also, if the stamps have gum on them, make sure your hands/fingers are dry and clean, or wear gloves. Nothing worse than seeing fingerprints on the back of a stamp.

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01 Mar 2019
01:50:53am
re: Breaking up mint sheets and blocks

Thanks again, Michael.

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bicolor04

26 May 2019
11:34:49pm
re: Breaking up mint sheets and blocks

Fold both ways, back and forward.
Use your thumbnail(back),Press down to create the crease through the perfs.
Place one hand FULLY on one side of the perfs, then gently using the other hand pull the other side DOWN AND AWAY.

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28 May 2019
06:09:01pm
re: Breaking up mint sheets and blocks

But don't let your fingers touch the stamps or you will be
defiling a treasured artifact and collectors in 200 - 300
years will bless your name.

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DannyS

27 Feb 2019
09:23:45am

This isn't something I have ever had to do that much in the past, but any advice on splitting stamps without pulled perfs and so on? Is it best to fold and then gently pull apart or use a cutter of some sort?

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michael78651

27 Feb 2019
09:43:34am

re: Breaking up mint sheets and blocks

Don't use a cutter, unless the stamps are imperf. Gently fold the perforations back and forth to loosen the paper. Then gently tear the stamps apart.

Also, do not stack the stamps on top of each other to try to separate several stamps at the same time. If the stamps are not exactly lined up over each other, and the stamps will shift during the separation process, the perfs will be torn off and the stamps ruined. I see this quite often from new issue and approval dealers.

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DannyS

28 Feb 2019
01:25:41am

re: Breaking up mint sheets and blocks

Thanks Michael. No cutter then ;-)

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michael78651

28 Feb 2019
01:58:33am

re: Breaking up mint sheets and blocks

Also, if the stamps have gum on them, make sure your hands/fingers are dry and clean, or wear gloves. Nothing worse than seeing fingerprints on the back of a stamp.

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DannyS

01 Mar 2019
01:50:53am

re: Breaking up mint sheets and blocks

Thanks again, Michael.

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bicolor04

26 May 2019
11:34:49pm

re: Breaking up mint sheets and blocks

Fold both ways, back and forward.
Use your thumbnail(back),Press down to create the crease through the perfs.
Place one hand FULLY on one side of the perfs, then gently using the other hand pull the other side DOWN AND AWAY.

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Silence in the face of adversity is the father of complicity and collusion, the first cousins of conspiracy..
28 May 2019
06:09:01pm

re: Breaking up mint sheets and blocks

But don't let your fingers touch the stamps or you will be
defiling a treasured artifact and collectors in 200 - 300
years will bless your name.

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