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May 22, 2014 20:17

Dear people,

Which of you has a solution to get a musty smell out of stamps and booklets?

I am also looking to FDC (first day cancellations) from Belgium

I have a whole part double even from the years 1966

After a long search I ended up on this site, if my question did not fit rytje my apologies

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May 25, 2014 14:47

I didn't expect SO MUCH response. . .

can you attach a photo here?

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May 25, 2014 15:06

@Zorro, Smell? let's get some air I think, or remove the stamps and put them in a new stock book.

FDC's can be found at all the stamp countries and then click to Belgium, and then click on filter out, and then on type then click on fdc

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May 25, 2014 20:44

this is basically what I am looking for

apparently this is NOT covered by FDC, so please help where I can find them thanks

http: / /www.catawiki.nl/catalogus/postzegels/landen-gebied/belgie/3771971-characteristics-face-van-de-stad?area=831c8da31bc02e429f915e78f6f9845ec6dee3e6

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May 25, 2014 22:58

This can be found in Belgium under Type: other

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July 02, 2014 20:16

suddenly found a book in the attic and because opening a new topic doesn't work here, keep asking questions

is there a solution when the stamps are "too stuck" in the stamp book?

ie they sometimes stick partially to the leaf and are difficult to remove without possibly damaging them

does anyone have a useful explanation or solution?

or throw it away and don't think about the time the other person put into it

not even consider whether it had value?

Best regards

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July 03, 2014 14:20

In the past, it was considered convenient to keep stamps with a double-sided sticker in a book with compartments, there were no insert albums and such.

If you cannot detach the seal from the book, it is it is best to moisten with lukewarm water, the seal will warp a bit. you can buy special drying books then they will stay nice and straight.

You can also, just like me, after drying, put them in an album sheet and 2 days put a very heavy weight on it, your stamps will be straight again.

never just pull a stamp, it always ends wrong !!

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July 03, 2014 15:32

I already had this deviating process in mind and I already tried to apply it

unfortunately there are "too many" stamps (entire cover of 24 sheets) that are too stuck in these circumstances, I have the impression

so this way does not offer solutions

a pity that this is lost, but keeping a cover with stamps that you can no longer remove is of no use, I think

anyway thanks for your response

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July 03, 2014 18:07
Phoving the oldest stockbooks I have seen were from about 1880 with a printed image behind it which stamp should be there as with modern Davo albums, these are however rare because especially when their production was expensive and MNH was not yet important, that only started around 1926 in Bavaria and only around 1970 MNH became important to most collectors (that's why there are so few MNHs from before 1940) In the early years until about 1870 it was quite normal for traders to have their stamps pricked on a cork board with a pin offered in Amsterdam, Berlin or Paris, which explains why some old stamps have one or more (puncture) holes and sometimes even an advertising stamp of the relevant trader on the back, the definition damaged stamp was very different at the time
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July 03, 2014 19:46

@zorro, your comment is incorrect, it may be useful to separate them from the cover.

unless you already know what stamps they are and whether they are worth anything or nothing are worth.

MNH stamps become unused stamps and can sometimes still have value, and canceled stamps remain canceled stamps when they are soaked.

so I would first see if they have some value.

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