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To degum or not to degum
I recently purchased a very scarce mint Italian
stamp that completes a difficult mint set - at long last! (the Victor Emmanuel II set of 1863). The stamp has clearly been regummed, and was purchased below the Sassone 'without gum' price. With a glass the gum is clearly visible on the front of a few of the perforation teeth, and there is some on the front of the stamp, but none of this is visible to the naked eye when in the Hawid mount on my album page. The question is, should I soak off the 'added' gum, or leave it there? -- Tony Clayton Coins of the UK : http://www.coins-of-the-uk.co.uk Sent using RISCOS on an Acorn Strong Arm RiscPC .... Last yur I kudnt spel modjerater now I are won. |
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To degum or not to degum
Tony Clayton wrote:
I recently purchased a very scarce mint Italian stamp that completes a difficult mint set - at long last! (the Victor Emmanuel II set of 1863). The stamp has clearly been regummed, and was purchased below the Sassone 'without gum' price. With a glass the gum is clearly visible on the front of a few of the perforation teeth, and there is some on the front of the stamp, but none of this is visible to the naked eye when in the Hawid mount on my album page. The question is, should I soak off the 'added' gum, or leave it there? Original gum is very rare on the oldest Canadian stamps, and the Unitrade catalogue prices these stamps in an ungummed state, with a 100% surplus added to the value of these stamps if they have original gum. Regummed stamps are worth no more than stamps without gum, so I always soak any regummed issues. There's always a fear that this mystery gum might affect the stamps, similar to those German issues that contained an acid in the gum. Ryan |
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To degum or not to degum
In a recent message Ryan Davenport wrote:
Tony Clayton wrote: I recently purchased a very scarce mint Italian stamp that completes a difficult mint set - at long last! (the Victor Emmanuel II set of 1863). The stamp has clearly been regummed, and was purchased below the Sassone 'without gum' price. With a glass the gum is clearly visible on the front of a few of the perforation teeth, and there is some on the front of the stamp, but none of this is visible to the naked eye when in the Hawid mount on my album page. The question is, should I soak off the 'added' gum, or leave it there? Original gum is very rare on the oldest Canadian stamps, and the Unitrade catalogue prices these stamps in an ungummed state, with a 100% surplus added to the value of these stamps if they have original gum. Regummed stamps are worth no more than stamps without gum, so I always soak any regummed issues. There's always a fear that this mystery gum might affect the stamps, similar to those German issues that contained an acid in the gum. Interesting on prices. The following gives the 2008 Sassone prices in euros for this set (cheapest printer): ** * no gum **/* */ng 1c 25.00 10.00 2.50 2.50 4.00 2c 100.00 40.00 7.00 2.50 5.71 5c 4500.00 2250.00 350.00 2.00 6.43 10c 7500.00 3750.00 525.00 2.00 7.14 15c 6500.00 3250.00 425.00 2.00 7.65 30c 37.50 15.00 3.00 2.50 5.00 40c 14000.00 7000.00 1000.00 2.00 7.00 60c 37.50 15.00 3.00 2.50 5.00 2l 100.00 40.00 22.50 2.50 1.78 Avg: 2.28 5.52 Thus it can be seen that unmounted is valued about 2 to 2.5 times more than mounted, and no gum is a fifth or less of mounted -- Tony Clayton Coins of the UK : http://www.coins-of-the-uk.co.uk Sent using RISCOS on an Acorn Strong Arm RiscPC .... Beware of Geeks bearing GIFS |
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To degum or not to degum
"Tony Clayton" wrote in message
... I recently purchased a very scarce mint Italian stamp that completes a difficult mint set - at long last! (the Victor Emmanuel II set of 1863). The stamp has clearly been regummed, [snip] The question is, should I soak off the 'added' gum, or leave it there? Contributed by Ryan Davenport Regummed stamps are worth no more than stamps without gum, so I always soak any regummed issues. There's always a fear that this mystery gum might affect the stamps. . . Tony Clayton's response included: Thus it can be seen that unmounted is valued about 2 to 2.5 times more than mounted, and no gum is a fifth or less of mounted For what it's worth, I agree with Ryan. The stamp really is not "unmounted" because it doesn't have original gum. Sassone's drastic price cut on "no gum" doesn't change the fact that the stamp is actually worse than "no gum" because the gum may damage the stamp. Soaking off the gum increases the odds that the stamp will retain at least the "fifth or less of mounted" value. Stan |
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To degum or not to degum
On Sat, 06 Jun 2009 19:10:00 -0400, Stan Fairchild wrote:
For what it's worth, I agree with Ryan. The stamp really is not "unmounted" ... doesn't change the fact that the stamp is actually worse than "no gum" because the gum may damage the stamp. Soaking off the gum increases the odds that the stamp will retain at least the "fifth or less of mounted" value. I agree also, for what it's worth, but I believe Tony agrees that regummed stamps are not nh. -- Joshua H. McGee Sierra Madre, Los Angeles, California, USA Member: APS, ATA, ISWSC, MBPC Trade?: http://www.mcgees.org/stamp- offers/ |
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