"Thin"

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Could someone please tell me what a "thin" stamp is?
Gordon

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gordon:

======== A Thin =============

Often a stamp which has been improperly hinged
will be damaged when the hinge is removed. A layer
of paper fibers under the hinge gum is torn away
leaving the paper of the stamp thin in the area.

Such thins are defects and should be mentioned when
describing a stamp. The effect on value will depend
on the size of the thin.

Blair Stannard

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gordon:

======== A Thin =============

Often a stamp which has been improperly hinged
will be damaged when the hinge is removed. A layer
of paper fibers under the hinge gum is torn away
leaving the paper of the stamp thin in the area.

Such thins are defects and should be mentioned when
describing a stamp. The effect on value will depend
on the size of the thin.

Blair Stannard

I understood that it would be a thin if there was a variation
in the colour of the stamp when held up to a strong light.

However on reading this I may be wrong.


Alan

weren't you thinking of 'thin paper' where the overall thickness
of the stamp is concerned, not just the thickness at a particular
fragment. What would be 'thin paper' is another discussion. Some
Israeli definitives have been called on 'thin paper' where the only
difference was the flexibility [how easy to bend] as both types of
stamps measured 0.100 mm

groetjes, Rein

On 29 Jan 2005 19:43:07 , Alan wrote:

Often a stamp which has been improperly hinged
will be damaged when the hinge is removed. A layer
of paper fibers under the hinge gum is torn away
leaving the paper of the stamp thin in the area.

Such thins are defects and should be mentioned when
describing a stamp. The effect on value will depend
on the size of the thin.

Blair Stannard

I understood that it would be a thin if there was a variation
in the colour of the stamp when held up to a strong light.

However on reading this I may be wrong.


Alan
.

Alan wrote:

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gordon:
======== A Thin =============

Often a stamp which has been improperly hinged will be damaged when
the hinge is removed. A layer of paper fibers under the hinge gum is
torn away leaving the paper of the stamp thin in the area.
Such thins are defects and should be mentioned when describing a
stamp. The effect on value will depend on the size of the thin.
Blair Stannard


I understood that it would be a thin if there was a variation
in the colour of the stamp when held up to a strong light.

However on reading this I may be wrong.

Alan

Holding the stsmp to the light is a good way to locate a 'thin, not
because of its coloring but because the thinnier area of the paper will
let more light thru the paper so it stands out.

John DeBoo wrote:
Alan wrote:

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gordon: ======== A Thin =============

Often a stamp which has been improperly hinged will be damaged when
the hinge is removed. A layer of paper fibers under the hinge gum is
torn away leaving the paper of the stamp thin in the area.
Such thins are defects and should be mentioned when describing a
stamp. The effect on value will depend on the size of the thin.
Blair Stannard



I understood that it would be a thin if there was a variation
in the colour of the stamp when held up to a strong light.

However on reading this I may be wrong.

Alan


Holding the stsmp to the light is a good way to locate a 'thin, not
because of its coloring but because the thinnier area of the paper will
let more light thru the paper so it stands out.

Thats what i was trying to say


alan