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Looking Back #44 - Canal Zone Has Sticky Stamp Problem
Canal Zone Has Sticky Stamp Problem
Atmospheric conditions in the Canal Zone are a problem to the postal authorities there in shipping stamps to philatelic customers, a problem to insure that mint stamps will reach their destinations in prime condition. It is a matter to which they give serious attention, and W. L. Howard, postmaster at the Philatelic Agency, at Balboa Heights, informs me that they are now dusting the gum side of stamps with unscented talcum powder, widely practiced by collectors in tropical climates to prevent the gum from sticking. The department is anxious that all stamps reach their patrons in good condition and this is one method they are employing to achieve satisfactory results. - George B. Sloane Sloane's Column Stamps December 2, 1939 |
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Blair (TC) wrote :
Canal Zone Has Sticky Stamp Problem Atmospheric conditions in the Canal Zone are a problem to the postal authorities there in shipping stamps to philatelic customers, a problem to insure that mint stamps will reach their destinations in prime condition. It is a matter to which they give serious attention, and W. L. Howard, postmaster at the Philatelic Agency, at Balboa Heights, informs me that they are now dusting the gum side of stamps with unscented talcum powder, widely practiced by collectors in tropical climates to prevent the gum from sticking. The department is anxious that all stamps reach their patrons in good condition and this is one method they are employing to achieve satisfactory results. - George B. Sloane Sloane's Column Stamps December 2, 1939 Thanks, Blair ! Some years before that time, France issued for the then "Colonies", stamps with a so called "Gomme coloniale" (Colonial gum). I know very little on this subject but I am sure that others will tell us everything on this French style gum (how to differentiate from standard gum, efficiency, chemical differences w/standard gum, ...) -- All the best, Pierre Courtiade to answer me, please replace NOSPAM by my family name |
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Hi
SCADTA stamps in Colombia used to have a glassine like interleaving between the sheets of stamps to prevent sticking. Unfortunately the interleaving stuck to the stamps. The price for stamps with interleaving attached is not all that much different than without attached interleaving. Jerry B |
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Salut Pier
If you have an int4erest in this gum, there is an article that may interest you. "=C0 propos de la gomme coloniale" par Jean-Fran=E7ois Brun "Bulletin de la COL.FRA" (n=B0106, IV=B0/2003) http://www.colfra.com/ Blair |
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Blair (TC) a écrit :
Salut Pier If you have an interest in this gum, there is an article that may interest you. "À propos de la gomme coloniale" par Jean-François Brun "Bulletin de la COL.FRA" (n°106, IV°/2003) http://www.colfra.com/ Merci beaucoup, Blair ! If I can't get hold of this n° 106 of the Col.Fra bulletin, I will ask it to Jean-François next time I meet him :-) -- All the best, Pierre |
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Let us know, if you get to see it.
a.l.p. Blair |
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