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I tried to transfer of block of rouletted stamps (a half-sheet 2x5 block of the US 37c Audrey Hepburn, if you must know) to an outbound parcel (which requried U$D 3.57 at the 'media mail' printed matter rate, ditto).
In the end, it was peel-and-stick, one-by-one and, given my Zero Patience with this sort of thing, an unhappy result.
Later, in a quieter moment, it occurred to me that I could have:
1) applied a few adjacent strips of Painter's Tape to the half-sheet;
2) carefully peeled the backing material off of the now lightly-secured stamps;
3) applied the half-sheet of stamps to the outbound parcel;
4) removed the Painter's Tape without damaging, or leaving a residue, on the stamps;
5) secured the PSA stamps to the outbound parcel with a bit of judicious stroking.
Q/ So how do you transfer blocks of rouletted stamps to your outbound mail?
Cheers,
/s/ ikeyPikey
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I never thought about it. Seems like a simple plan to me. There are times I could use a whole sheet of the rouletted stamps but just never went through the bother to get the whole sheet on the package. I did receive an envelope with a US Batman sheet used in a creative way. I'll post it on the appropriate thread
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In the past, I would leave the stamps on the backing paper and use removable adhesive to adhere the piece to the envelope.
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"... leave the stamps on the backing paper ... adhere the piece to the envelope ..."
I would have thought that it would be too easy, especially with today's high-speed equipment, for the stamps to get pulled-off en route.
Cheers,
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I don't even bother. Modern US stamps are garbage IMO on so many levels, design and production, and I only use singles for letters. Occasionally I feel a tinge of remorse if the package is going to a collector, but that quickly leaves when I think about the trouble of soaking and mounting those stamps.
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"... if the package is going to a collector ..."
... I let the collector decide.
Everyone one of us should have (probably has) a Donations Pile, and they can always go there.
I've armed myself with Pure Citrus, and have used it a dozen times, but not once for PSA stamps.
Cheers,
/s/ ikeyPikey
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Once you apply the block of stamps using any method that does not include backing paper, its no longer a block. That's true even when the stamps remain on cover in the collection, is it not?
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Staples ???
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"Staples ???"
methinks a gremlin has intruded into this thread, no?
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How To Transfer Blocks of Rouletted Stamps to Outbound Mail
I tried to transfer of block of rouletted stamps (a half-sheet 2x5 block of the US 37c Audrey Hepburn, if you must know) to an outbound parcel (which requried U$D 3.57 at the 'media mail' printed matter rate, ditto).
In the end, it was peel-and-stick, one-by-one and, given my Zero Patience with this sort of thing, an unhappy result.
Later, in a quieter moment, it occurred to me that I could have:
1) applied a few adjacent strips of Painter's Tape to the half-sheet;
2) carefully peeled the backing material off of the now lightly-secured stamps;
3) applied the half-sheet of stamps to the outbound parcel;
4) removed the Painter's Tape without damaging, or leaving a residue, on the stamps;
5) secured the PSA stamps to the outbound parcel with a bit of judicious stroking.
Q/ So how do you transfer blocks of rouletted stamps to your outbound mail?
Cheers,
/s/ ikeyPikey
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I never thought about it. Seems like a simple plan to me. There are times I could use a whole sheet of the rouletted stamps but just never went through the bother to get the whole sheet on the package. I did receive an envelope with a US Batman sheet used in a creative way. I'll post it on the appropriate thread
Vince
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re: How To Transfer Blocks of Rouletted Stamps to Outbound Mail
In the past, I would leave the stamps on the backing paper and use removable adhesive to adhere the piece to the envelope.
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re: How To Transfer Blocks of Rouletted Stamps to Outbound Mail
"... leave the stamps on the backing paper ... adhere the piece to the envelope ..."
I would have thought that it would be too easy, especially with today's high-speed equipment, for the stamps to get pulled-off en route.
Cheers,
/s/ ikeyPikey
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re: How To Transfer Blocks of Rouletted Stamps to Outbound Mail
I don't even bother. Modern US stamps are garbage IMO on so many levels, design and production, and I only use singles for letters. Occasionally I feel a tinge of remorse if the package is going to a collector, but that quickly leaves when I think about the trouble of soaking and mounting those stamps.
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re: How To Transfer Blocks of Rouletted Stamps to Outbound Mail
"... if the package is going to a collector ..."
... I let the collector decide.
Everyone one of us should have (probably has) a Donations Pile, and they can always go there.
I've armed myself with Pure Citrus, and have used it a dozen times, but not once for PSA stamps.
Cheers,
/s/ ikeyPikey
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re: How To Transfer Blocks of Rouletted Stamps to Outbound Mail
Once you apply the block of stamps using any method that does not include backing paper, its no longer a block. That's true even when the stamps remain on cover in the collection, is it not?
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Staples ???
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"Staples ???"
methinks a gremlin has intruded into this thread, no?
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