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Hi to all
I purchased this group of ten stamps in the opp shop for the princely sum of 50 cents.
The school it belonged to merged with another, and many of its archives were dumped in the opp shop.(Nothing else interesting unfortunately)
I contacted the new school but they did not want it back
Do I un-frame the stamps, or do I keep it intact
It is very professionally framed, and Australia Post would have spent a lot of our money framing it.
I wonder how many of these that Australia Post donated to schools?
Corner is not clipped, just the best photo I could take, with limited resources.
Regards
Horamakhet.
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Un-frame the stamps, and they go into an album, perhaps to be seen again.
Hang that frame on the wall (out of direct sunlight, please), and you get to look at the stamps until, some day, you un-frame them.
Cheers,
/s/ ikeyPikey
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Hi IkeyPikey
Sounds like a great solution
Just have to make room on my library wall
Horamakhet
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I hate to disagree with my friend ikey, but I would unframe them unless you know for sure that they were framed with the proper anti-UV glass (which is costly and is called ‘conservation glass’ or ‘museum glass’).
Hanging them without anti-UV glass, even out of direct sunlight, will cause them to fade over time. Rare stamps should never be framed even with anti-UV glass since even the best quality glass can only reflect 99% of the UV rays.
Don
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Unless the stamps are rare and valuable on their own, I'd keep it in the frame as presented. The unit is unique as a whole, but stamps are just stamps.
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Lick em and stick em, or peel and paste, use em for postage
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Definitely don't use them for postage.
Even if of no monetary value as collectible stamps they are a little piece of local history. If you don't want them, I am sure the local museum would. How many of them will still be around in 20 years time - after everyone else has used them for postage !
Malcolm
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Hi to all
I think that I will keep them as they are, Framed.
The framing is a professional job, so Australia Post has gone to some expense framing them.
It is such a pity, that when two schools merged, that they did not want to keep their past archives, (such as this)
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Horamakhet
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51Studebaker quoted,
"Hanging them without anti-UV glass, even out of direct sunlight, will cause them to fade over time."
I once read in a paper-conservator journal that any coloured ink will eventually fade, even if it's kept in absolute darkness in a humidity- and temperature-controlled environment. Fortunately, we don't live long enough to see our stamps into uselessness as long as we are reasonably careful to store them under reasonable conditions. Living in a moderate climate certainly helps.
Bob
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Hi to all
I purchased this group of ten stamps in the opp shop for the princely sum of 50 cents.
The school it belonged to merged with another, and many of its archives were dumped in the opp shop.(Nothing else interesting unfortunately)
I contacted the new school but they did not want it back
Do I un-frame the stamps, or do I keep it intact
It is very professionally framed, and Australia Post would have spent a lot of our money framing it.
I wonder how many of these that Australia Post donated to schools?
Corner is not clipped, just the best photo I could take, with limited resources.
Regards
Horamakhet.
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re: TO UN FRAME OR LEAVE IN FRAME
Un-frame the stamps, and they go into an album, perhaps to be seen again.
Hang that frame on the wall (out of direct sunlight, please), and you get to look at the stamps until, some day, you un-frame them.
Cheers,
/s/ ikeyPikey
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re: TO UN FRAME OR LEAVE IN FRAME
Hi IkeyPikey
Sounds like a great solution
Just have to make room on my library wall
Horamakhet
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re: TO UN FRAME OR LEAVE IN FRAME
I hate to disagree with my friend ikey, but I would unframe them unless you know for sure that they were framed with the proper anti-UV glass (which is costly and is called ‘conservation glass’ or ‘museum glass’).
Hanging them without anti-UV glass, even out of direct sunlight, will cause them to fade over time. Rare stamps should never be framed even with anti-UV glass since even the best quality glass can only reflect 99% of the UV rays.
Don
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Unless the stamps are rare and valuable on their own, I'd keep it in the frame as presented. The unit is unique as a whole, but stamps are just stamps.
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Lick em and stick em, or peel and paste, use em for postage
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re: TO UN FRAME OR LEAVE IN FRAME
Definitely don't use them for postage.
Even if of no monetary value as collectible stamps they are a little piece of local history. If you don't want them, I am sure the local museum would. How many of them will still be around in 20 years time - after everyone else has used them for postage !
Malcolm
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Hi to all
I think that I will keep them as they are, Framed.
The framing is a professional job, so Australia Post has gone to some expense framing them.
It is such a pity, that when two schools merged, that they did not want to keep their past archives, (such as this)
Regards
Horamakhet
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re: TO UN FRAME OR LEAVE IN FRAME
51Studebaker quoted,
"Hanging them without anti-UV glass, even out of direct sunlight, will cause them to fade over time."
I once read in a paper-conservator journal that any coloured ink will eventually fade, even if it's kept in absolute darkness in a humidity- and temperature-controlled environment. Fortunately, we don't live long enough to see our stamps into uselessness as long as we are reasonably careful to store them under reasonable conditions. Living in a moderate climate certainly helps.
Bob
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