Question: Stained Stamps

I have many stamps stained from the brightly coloured envelopes of today,
red, green and what have you. Is there any economical way of removing them
without damaging the stamps? Please help.

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Alfred Lee

Le Sat, 16 Apr 2005 11:49:19 +0800, dans rec.collecting.stamps.discuss,
"Alfred Lee" a écrit :

I have many stamps stained from the brightly coloured envelopes of today,
red, green and what have you. Is there any economical way of removing them
without damaging the stamps? Please help.

The only way I know is to keep them the less possible time in water when
soaking, only the sufficient time to remove them from the paper, then
end the soaking in a different place.

Proceed stamp by stamp, and change regularly the water.

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DC

PRINZ UHU hinge remover solution works well, 1:1 basis .... on
envelope.

if dye transfered to stamp, it will also damage your drying book ...

I've experimented with Clorox & water that worked, especially for red. I
kept a constant eye on them and as soon as the red disappeared I soaked
them really well in fresh water. Typically it takes around 30 seconds
to 1 minute, at least inthe experiments I've done anyway. I used 1 tsp
Clorox to 4 tsp water.
John

Alfred Lee wrote:

I have many stamps stained from the brightly coloured envelopes of today,
red, green and what have you. Is there any economical way of removing them
without damaging the stamps? Please help.