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Post by Gary S on Mar 4, 2019 19:16:13 GMT
I have the most trouble with old gummed stamps at this time of the year. The air is so dry, especially when the heat is going full blast to combat that already dry Arctic air, that the gum dries after I lick it before I can stick it. I use a lot of glue sticks during the Winter as it will stay tacky longer than the gum on the back of the stamps. The glue has been known to dry on me a time or two but I like getting the stamps just right on my envelopes. The gummed envelopes are the same way to be honest. I've seriously thought about wetting the darned envelope before trying to stick on the stamps
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Post by PhotoJim on Mar 4, 2019 19:53:28 GMT
I have the most trouble with old gummed stamps at this time of the year. The air is so dry, especially when the heat is going full blast to combat that already dry Arctic air, that the gum dries after I lick it before I can stick it. I use a lot of glue sticks during the Winter as it will stay tacky longer than the gum on the back of the stamps. The glue has been known to dry on me a time or two but I like getting the stamps just right on my envelopes. The gummed envelopes are the same way to be honest. I've seriously thought about wetting the darned envelope before trying to stick on the stamps Oh, the stamp collector in me hates the glue sticks. There are little sponge thingeys you can get for moistening postage stamps. Our house is pretty dry, but my lick-and-stick stamps have been fine. Granted, they're not 30 years old and they're Canadian, so the gum might be different. (Our normal "permanent" stamps and stamps for US and overseas rates are self-adhesive, but the lower-denomination stamps to top up older stamps or make up weird values are lick-and-stick still.)
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Post by Gary S on Mar 4, 2019 20:42:16 GMT
30 years old stamps are usually good it is the 60 year and older ones that give me grief. The gum is different. Probably some type of hoof glue or something but it's thin and age cracked. Too much spit and it's gone but not enough and it doesn't stick. Seriously, I have some stamps from the 1930s that go on envelopes when I need an extra cent or two.
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Post by allanorn on Mar 5, 2019 0:30:51 GMT
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Post by PhotoJim on Mar 5, 2019 0:58:30 GMT
Added to cart.
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Post by allanorn on Mar 5, 2019 1:12:50 GMT
Added to cart. Hopefully the newer bottles; looks like you can get four for US$10 on Amazon or two for $8. Edit: one bottle's lasted me an age; apparently you can seal 1500 envelopes with it. But I don't know if it goes bad or dries out.
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Post by mailartist on Mar 5, 2019 3:15:07 GMT
Added to cart. apparently you can seal 1500 envelopes with it Didn't know they made envelopes in pre-Shakespearean times!
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