Looks like the face was stuck to and then removed from adhesive plastic like the old photo albums
Don
Thanks Studebaker
Another mystery solved.
Horamakhet
For some reason Netherlands Indies stamps over quite a long period are susceptible to this - best not to soak - use a sweat box.
No one has ever explained to me why this should be so, when Netherlands stamps by the same printers do not do this. I surmise that the paper may have been "tropicalised" to combat humidity and the soaking problem is an accidental by-product.
Malcolm
The ink is not exactly water soluble, or it would run line the "sea green" of some older British stamps. Rather, the paper is coated with a chalk-like substance which is not water resistant, or to which the printing ink does not adhere well, and hence flakes off.
Hi to all
These stamps were also in the album.
Is this some type of stripping?
Or as I suspect, some-one has damaged them.
re: IS THIS SOME TYPE OF STRIPPING?
Looks like the face was stuck to and then removed from adhesive plastic like the old photo albums
re: IS THIS SOME TYPE OF STRIPPING?
Don
re: IS THIS SOME TYPE OF STRIPPING?
Thanks Studebaker
Another mystery solved.
Horamakhet
re: IS THIS SOME TYPE OF STRIPPING?
For some reason Netherlands Indies stamps over quite a long period are susceptible to this - best not to soak - use a sweat box.
No one has ever explained to me why this should be so, when Netherlands stamps by the same printers do not do this. I surmise that the paper may have been "tropicalised" to combat humidity and the soaking problem is an accidental by-product.
Malcolm
re: IS THIS SOME TYPE OF STRIPPING?
The ink is not exactly water soluble, or it would run line the "sea green" of some older British stamps. Rather, the paper is coated with a chalk-like substance which is not water resistant, or to which the printing ink does not adhere well, and hence flakes off.