How does one remove self-adhesive stamps from envelopes? Thanks!

I have a couple of pages of issues I'd like to mount, and they all have sundry foreign matter hanging on their backs like "Ratchet and Clank" Is a "sweat box" the only solution? or do I clean the best I can in dry condition, and leave well enough alone? Thanks (Remove gum...

Query 1. From time to time I'll get a packet of album pages that have been ripped out of old albums. I don't know who made the albums, but one in particular has popped up that interests me. These pages are printed on very thin paper. the country names and descriptions are printed in German,...

Last night I was cruising around eBay looking for some interesting things - and thought I found one. It was from a dealer in Canada (had several items actually). I checked his terms before bidding - didn't want a surprise about shipping costs. There as an added feature was somethign I'd never...

Another legacy of Australia's great national icon's is about to hit the dust along with Vegemite and famous biscuits. Bah! http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,9500470%255E1702,00.html (Remove gum to reply)

Along the lines of the recent quarry stamps post, I am seeking a good scanned image of the Danish Emergency label printed in 1963 and released in the 90's. Thanks. -- (Remove gum to reply)

I have a numerous amount of rare, very old stamps, and i was wondering if anyone could tell me where I can get them valued. I am NOT looking to sell them, I want to insure them with their own insurance, so hence my need for their value. I live in the North-west of England. Does someone know of...

"Bob Ingraham" wrote in message ... snip Frank implies but does not state specifically that the silicone-coated backing paper from self-adhesive stamps cannot be recycled. And it cannot be recycled, or so I was told...

Unable to locate a cat num for any overprint on the 5 fen black sacred lake. I only have Gibbons simplified. Anybody? http://groups.msn.com/Stamps/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=400 Thanks

http://groups.msn.com/Stamps/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=252 ...and any idea, of who's bust is represented on the 1L blue? Thanks.

Hey gang: Haven't posted here in a while - but I do read it every day. Here is a poseur that I can't answer - and some of it has been deliberately 'shaken, not stirred' to protect the innocent/guilty or mere bystander. Let's say that the following is true:

Most of the rest of the 2004 stamp designs will be released Monday, November 24th, at 8 a.m. EST, and we'll have them in The Virtual Stamp Club. If not on our Web site right away, they'll be in the message board. You can reach both at www.virtualstampclub.com We're also expecting more details...

Hello, Who could help me identify this : http://didier.maistre.free.fr/frp/entier1.jpg http://didier.maistre.free.fr/frp/entier2.jpg http://didier.maistre.free.fr/frp/entier3.jpg Which country ? Ref ? or date of issue ? Estimated value ?

MEDIA RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: CHUCK HALL BILL KIBLER November 30, 2003 ==========================================

Dear Friends, A friend of mine have asked me which European monarch at one time held the world record for smoking 240 cigarettes in a single day - and had a special stamp issued in commemoration of this "feat"? I think it's a joke of some kind and neither the Danish king Frederik IX (he was a...

The Article I, Section 9, Clause 1 of the US Constitution says that it is a coin containing 371.25 grains of fine silver. Because the Constitutution never has been amended on this since 1788, this meaning is apparently legally valid. By using this definition you can compute how many grains of...

At last I am done. In September I attended my first bourse (being a newbie) and purchased a shoebox of on paper stamps. Since then I've been diligently working at soaking them all off the paper and cardboard. Tonight I finished and have an empty box! Now I can carry on with the 'other' fun task...

Before you return that catalogue to the library, it might be a good idea to make sure you haven't left any stamps in it! This morning I was cataloguing some Irish stamps, using a 2003 Scott catalogue from the local library, and found a number of used German stamps tucked in it valued at almost US...

An unusual brace of stamps, The surf lifesaver looks out towards Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith http://groups.msn.com/Stamps/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=210 In 1906, Australia and the world's first surf lifesaving club was founded. Their very first rescue was made on 3rd January 1907 when...

Hello, I'm making my own stamp album using AlbumGen for my 1933-1945 Germany collection. I'll print on blank Lighthouse pages and use a Deutsches Reich Lighthouse binder. I'm pondering on whether use color or black and white images for this album. Color images sure look nice but then you can't...