Discussion - Member to Member Sales - Research Center
Discussion - Member to Member Sales - Research Center
Note-I added the Bold for effect.
How do I remove stamps from an envelope?
Soaking is the best way to remove stamps from envelopes. Tear the envelope around the stamp, leaving a small margin. With the stamp facing down, place into a pan of warm, but not hot, water. After a few minutes (self-adhesive gum may take longer), the stamp should sink to the bottom. When all adhesive is dislodged, remove the stamp preferably using stamp tongs. Place the stamp between two paper towels and put a heavy object, such as a book, on top to keep the stamp from curling as it dries. Leave overnight."
"
" "I guess none of us left them in long enough! Or are they all just defective?
Login to Like
this post
06:40:20pm
Depending on the country, self adhesive gums may take a lot longer like half a lifetime.
I use rubbing alcohol to soak most self stickys and even then there is often some stick-um on the back side. Placing them between paper to dry will attach some of them to the drying sheet just as firmly as they were attached to an envelope.
Login to Like
this post
I just found this toooooo funny not to comment on it!
Login to Like
this post
We talk about the future of philately being a different species than that we know today (or yesterday); this may be another example, where self adhesive stamps means we will no longer soak them off but keep them in nicely trimmed pieces.
Login to Like
this post
"we will no longer soak them off but keep them in nicely trimmed pieces"
I've been saying that for years. I just don't understand those who get so aggravated over not being able to soak the stamps that they vow to quit the hobby. Then there are those who spend days trying to soak a stamp off the paper only to get mad that they ruined the stamp. So they buy all sorts of chemicals and powders and get chemical engineering degrees to try to figure out how to soak unsoakable stamps off paper. To me, that's too much work for something that's supposed to be relaxing and fun.
1 Member
likes this post.
Login to Like.
Michael,
It's all relaxing and fun until my wife finds out what I for some of my gems.
Login to Like
this post
Early on in our relationship, I told my wife that I collect stamps and I am a model railroader. She asked me how much do the hobbies cost. I told her that some items are cheap, and some aren't. I also told her that the checkbook and bank statements are in the filing cabinet if she ever wanted to see what I was spending on the hobbies. In 31 years of marriage, she has never looked, and she has never asked me how much I spend.
Login to Like
this post
Lucky man Michael....
I have to argue every purchase.... I don't know why.... I end every argument with "and what did you buy today".....
I pay big money but my stuff is worth big $$$$$$..... I can't see why she buys old glass for mega when I can get a set of glasses at the Salvation Army for about a dollar. She tells me how great of a deal/steal she got on a painting when I have grandkids that produce the same effect hanging on my refrigerator, uhg 
Login to Like
this post
09:46:01pm
Just was looking for some rates on the USPS Website and I happend to find the following. It answers the age old question as to how to remove self-adhesive stamps. At least according to the USPS!
Note-I added the Bold for effect.
How do I remove stamps from an envelope?
Soaking is the best way to remove stamps from envelopes. Tear the envelope around the stamp, leaving a small margin. With the stamp facing down, place into a pan of warm, but not hot, water. After a few minutes (self-adhesive gum may take longer), the stamp should sink to the bottom. When all adhesive is dislodged, remove the stamp preferably using stamp tongs. Place the stamp between two paper towels and put a heavy object, such as a book, on top to keep the stamp from curling as it dries. Leave overnight."
" " "
I guess none of us left them in long enough! Or are they all just defective?
Login to Like
this post
Silence in the face of adversity is the father of complicity and collusion, the first cousins of conspiracy..
19 Feb 2014
06:40:20pm
re: Removing Self-Adhesive stamps from envelopes
Depending on the country, self adhesive gums may take a lot longer like half a lifetime.
I use rubbing alcohol to soak most self stickys and even then there is often some stick-um on the back side. Placing them between paper to dry will attach some of them to the drying sheet just as firmly as they were attached to an envelope.
Login to Like
this post
08:45:36am
re: Removing Self-Adhesive stamps from envelopes
I just found this toooooo funny not to comment on it!
Login to Like
this post
09:35:34am
re: Removing Self-Adhesive stamps from envelopes
We talk about the future of philately being a different species than that we know today (or yesterday); this may be another example, where self adhesive stamps means we will no longer soak them off but keep them in nicely trimmed pieces.
Login to Like
this post
re: Removing Self-Adhesive stamps from envelopes
"we will no longer soak them off but keep them in nicely trimmed pieces"
I've been saying that for years. I just don't understand those who get so aggravated over not being able to soak the stamps that they vow to quit the hobby. Then there are those who spend days trying to soak a stamp off the paper only to get mad that they ruined the stamp. So they buy all sorts of chemicals and powders and get chemical engineering degrees to try to figure out how to soak unsoakable stamps off paper. To me, that's too much work for something that's supposed to be relaxing and fun.
1 Member
likes this post.
Login to Like.
re: Removing Self-Adhesive stamps from envelopes
Michael,
It's all relaxing and fun until my wife finds out what I for some of my gems.
Login to Like
this post
re: Removing Self-Adhesive stamps from envelopes
Early on in our relationship, I told my wife that I collect stamps and I am a model railroader. She asked me how much do the hobbies cost. I told her that some items are cheap, and some aren't. I also told her that the checkbook and bank statements are in the filing cabinet if she ever wanted to see what I was spending on the hobbies. In 31 years of marriage, she has never looked, and she has never asked me how much I spend.
Login to Like
this post
re: Removing Self-Adhesive stamps from envelopes
Lucky man Michael....
I have to argue every purchase.... I don't know why.... I end every argument with "and what did you buy today".....
I pay big money but my stuff is worth big $$$$$$..... I can't see why she buys old glass for mega when I can get a set of glasses at the Salvation Army for about a dollar. She tells me how great of a deal/steal she got on a painting when I have grandkids that produce the same effect hanging on my refrigerator, uhg
Login to Like
this post