Whatever happened to peelable stamp hinges?

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Colin McKenzie wrote:
John DeBoo wrote:
Blair (TC) wrote:
I guess that mounts and stockbooks
are the only viable alternative.

Which appears to be what the manufacturers want people to think.

When compared to the Dennis's hinges, yes. Besides, if they were the
exact same thing as the originals they'd have a green tint to them.
Dennis's are white. They only peeling Dennis's do is the paper from the
back of your stamp causing a mega thin at best, a hole at worst!

Not good news.

I think I'll see what's available in India when I go there next month.
If their motorbikes are anything to go by, I might get lucky.

Meanwhile, mounting my collection is on hold. I'm not happy.

Anyone remember if the old hinges had patent numbers on the packs? If
so the patents might reveal how to make decent hinges. I do remember
that the good Stanley Gibbons hinges had a spotty appearance.

If you can find the patent number, it may be possible to look it up.

But I suspect that the problem is with the availability of suitable
glassine paper these days. Subway/G&K doesn't make the paper, they
have to purchase it from paper manufacturers. And those manufacturers
probably don't see stamp hinges as being a large enough business to go
to the trouble of making the glassine paper just right for that
purpose.

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= Eric Bustad, Norwegian bachelor programmer