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It is as shown in the picture below.
I was thinking of soaking this stamp in hot water and I expect most of the ink will come off. But there are different possibilities; it may run in a way I do not want it and affect the stamp.
Does anyone have experience with ink from those olden days?
From the image it looks like the stamp has been slightly wet before thus the blue smudges in the lower area.
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10:20:38pm
Warm water for a few minutes, but hot, only if I were mad at Mr. Robert Wolff.
Is the name or signature what validates the hunting stamp ?
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I would not soak the stamp to get the signature off. It is totally valid like that. Soaking it may cause the blue ink to run, and then you have ruined the stamp and the value.
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Mike, I was hoping the water was going to take care of the smudges and then make the signature less pronounced. I like putting stamps in hot (rather warm) water, to give them a bath and then smooth out any creased areas.
This stamp must have already been in the water to get it off the hunting license. The back is really nice - no paper remnants or glue, so it has been soaked already.
Yes, a signature validates the hunting stamp.
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Cougar -
I agree with Michael. I would just leave it as is, and not soak it again. The reason it has wrinkles is because it was carried in a man's wallet. To see the RW2 in my collection, click on the link below...
https://stamporama.com/discboard/disc_main.php?action=20&id=9143#62825
My copy has lots of wrinkles,
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it was a hot water bath that caused the ink to 'emigrate" in the first place.
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"it was a hot water bath that caused the ink to 'emigrate" in the first place."
Possible, but I read somewhere that ink from the 30's dissolves in water. I think a number of the "mint" or "unsigned" stamps from those years offered on the market have the signatures removed, but I stand to be corrected.
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I bought RW2; paid a fair price for it.
It is as shown in the picture below.
I was thinking of soaking this stamp in hot water and I expect most of the ink will come off. But there are different possibilities; it may run in a way I do not want it and affect the stamp.
Does anyone have experience with ink from those olden days?
From the image it looks like the stamp has been slightly wet before thus the blue smudges in the lower area.
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08 Dec 2019
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re: Would you put this stamp in hot water?
Warm water for a few minutes, but hot, only if I were mad at Mr. Robert Wolff.
Is the name or signature what validates the hunting stamp ?
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re: Would you put this stamp in hot water?
I would not soak the stamp to get the signature off. It is totally valid like that. Soaking it may cause the blue ink to run, and then you have ruined the stamp and the value.
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re: Would you put this stamp in hot water?
Mike, I was hoping the water was going to take care of the smudges and then make the signature less pronounced. I like putting stamps in hot (rather warm) water, to give them a bath and then smooth out any creased areas.
This stamp must have already been in the water to get it off the hunting license. The back is really nice - no paper remnants or glue, so it has been soaked already.
Yes, a signature validates the hunting stamp.
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re: Would you put this stamp in hot water?
Cougar -
I agree with Michael. I would just leave it as is, and not soak it again. The reason it has wrinkles is because it was carried in a man's wallet. To see the RW2 in my collection, click on the link below...
https://stamporama.com/discboard/disc_main.php?action=20&id=9143#62825
My copy has lots of wrinkles,
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re: Would you put this stamp in hot water?
it was a hot water bath that caused the ink to 'emigrate" in the first place.
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"it was a hot water bath that caused the ink to 'emigrate" in the first place."
Possible, but I read somewhere that ink from the 30's dissolves in water. I think a number of the "mint" or "unsigned" stamps from those years offered on the market have the signatures removed, but I stand to be corrected.
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