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Brilliant! Thank you so much for this video! Regrettably I've been destroying some stamps trying to separate the envelope. Thank you!

When the used stamp is off the envelope paper, simply soak it in water as if floating stamps normally. Then dry upside down on a paperl towel. Use a drop of dishwasher detergent in the bowl of water.

United States self adhesive stamps are 99% of the reason that I stopped collecting USA stamps. The other 1% is/are pre-sorted stamps. There are some countries that use water soluble self adhesive. Your video was helpful. Great idea with the stamp card.

I just love your instructive video. I do have a question. Why do you want plastic on the back of the stamp? Couldn’t I just drop it into a plastic mount and leave it at that?

I'd rather just cut the stamp around the paper. I would not know where to buy heptane. And it sounds dangerous around pets.

Orange quash 10 mins soak falls off

Too much verbal.

With soaking it onl took me 5 minutes of soaking in warm sink water.But at least like this you dont need all the drying time. But my budget is limited. Nice to know!

I'm not a stamp collector, but I get Christmas cards with no cancellation marks, so I try to salvage them. I've found that 91% isopropyl works great and doesn't remove the adhesive. Just trim the envelope close to the stamp edges, and put one or two drops of IPA on the back of the stamp and spread it evenly so it soaks in. After just a few seconds, you can peel it off. Don't touch the back, as it is still sticky. Place the stamp face down until the IPA evaporates. You can reuse them. They seem to dry quite flat. I stick them onto the blank spaces on stamp books so they can be pee!ed off again. It must be 91% ipa, as rubbing alcohol has additives. Don't use it.

I use the envelope address windows that are clear plastic to stick the stamps to instead of the stamp cards . We get envelopes with the plastic windows every day so they don’t cost anything.

Stamp collecting is not what it used to be. Sad.

is this method just more pratical and quicker for you, or is using water also negative for the stamp ?

اصلا این کاررو نکنید حیف اون مهر تاریخ وسندو اعتبار ممنونم این کارو نکنید نوعی خیانت به تاریخ البته بنظر من ببخشبد

اگر حسن جدا کردن از پاکت یا بریده را شما ثابت کنید ومن بدانم که ادعای شما منطقی ودرست اونوقت از شما یاد میگیرم وممنون میشم بنظر من کاریست بسیار اشتباه اصلا این کارو نکنید مگه اون کاغذ پشت تمبر جائی رواشغال کرده ارزش تمبر باطله دراین که روی پاکت ویا با مهر کامل وجزئی روی کاغذ باشه

بنظر من جدا کردن تمبر کار بسیار اشتباهیست .تمام تمبرها روی بریده وپاکت ارزش بیشتری داره تمبری که باطله است روی پاکت بیشتر ارزش دارد این گمراه کردن کسانیست که تازه میخوان تمبر جمع آوری کنند چه حسنی درجدا کردن تمبر از پاکت یا بریده هست که ما نمیدانیم .کاملا کار غلطیست

Can you still use a stamp hinge to mount the stamp? I'm not sure you can :(

Heptane is insanely flammable. It is a huge fire risk. 🔥

Why don't you apply simpler method of soaking the stamp in lukewarm water and remove them with tweezers and use blotting paper (if that id available) or put those stamps on a newspaper allow some time and it will give you excellent result.

Great tips! Does the fluid have a smell and is it bad to breathe the fumes while working?

Remove with lighter fluid then scrape and wipe. Very simple!

Ya wipe from middle to edge

Thank god for the fast forward facility with TH-cam videos, you guys do love the sound of your own voices and use ten words when one would do! To save anyone else wading through treacle let me just tell you in a few seconds "USE HEPTANE" . There, how long did that take ??!

Thank you so much! I sure do miss the water activated stamps that would slide right off. These newer ones have been driving me crazy and practically ruined stamp collecting for me. I can't wait to try this. I don't have any of the clear plastic stamp cards, but I plan to use archival-quality page protectors instead. Should work just as well. I think you just rescued another philatelist!

More videos please! This one was great! Will help a lot with the self-adhesive ones.

Fantastic idea. I will definitely try this. Thanks for the great videos

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Great solution ill try that ...been using lighter fluid .kinda dangerous ...this seems safer ....

Does this method take away any value of the stap?

Very useful mate, thanks.

Good idea

But what if you want to remove the stamp from the plastic? How do you do that?

What! Thanks so much for sharing that's great!

Very detailed explanation and ThanQ! I have had great difficult to take off these stubborn UK self adhesive stamps using warm water. Will try your method and hopefully this should do the trick!

Amazing Information, Thanks.

I just want to reuse un franked stamps to use again!! This is a droning waste of time

How do you measure die cut stamps

Neat technique. I'll try it. The best solution, though, would be for USPS to use whatever self-adhesive is used on Canadian stamps, which soak right off in... water!

Very informative! Can i get high off the heptaine?

Update...works great thank you

Very nice indeed I will be ordering in some heptane n and I have a lot of the stock cards all ready so I will give this a try and check back in after the results but this looks like a fantastic way to deal with self adhesive stamps

What a pain in the a!?!?!

Bravo, works great. Thank you

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Please tell me how can I check the watermark on the stamp

Hand sanitizers will do the same and much less expensive..... 6-24-2021

Thanks,will give it a go! Cheers from Australia.

I use a similar method but use a straight backed one sided razor blade to gently scrape off the residual glue. Always works for me.

Now this is a very interesting idea! I’ll have to try it out. Thank you!

Hello everybody. I started to collect self-adhesive postal stamps, does this way with plastic film also so good for not used (new) stamps? Or after putting into film stamp will lost "mint" status according to Michel catalogue. The main problem that I want to collect single stamps in "mint" condition in albums, like in the past.

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