Ja fijn om weer even zo te zien. Dit weekend wil ik ook weer eens aan de slag om zegels te weken. Zitten aardig wat mooie zegels tussen. vind de zegel van Charles stiekem toch ook wel weer classy. Anders dan wat we gewend zijn, maar Charles III staat wel erg mooi. Ook de zegel met die medaille en die militairen is een mooie zegel.
Afweken is best leuk inderdaad. Zag op marktplaats 500gram Duitse zegels voor 5 euro. Lijkt me best interessant. De verkoper had meerdere te koop staan. En Charles, het is dat je weet dat hij de opvolger is, maar je hebt gelijk, eigenlijk best een mooie zegel. En Chrles III staat goed op de zegel.
Nice video, Chris. Wow, those self adhesive stamps soaked off easily! Self adhesive stamps of most other countries I would say, do not have that water soluble layer between the stamp and adhesive and cannot be soaked off with water. Bummer. For those one needs to use a soluble like heptane to get the stamps off paper as far as I could find out and you probably know. I have not taken self adhesive stamps off paper yet, and dread it a bit. The stamps were nice as well. I liked the cute three racoons and the young goat the most, but probably because of the subject and not necessarily the design. 🙂 Thanks for the video! 🙂
Hi Charnie. Yep, I was lucky it were Canadian ones. There are countries that would give me a hard time. I read and heard about heptane also, but I feel hesitant to use it as it is still a chemical. What will the impact be (long term) on the stamps? Then again, I do like to get stamps from the paper, so maybe with some countries I would need to 'bite the bullet'. Those little definitives are really cool, would be nice to have them all together and nicely ordered. I really liked the Christmas stamps.
Beautiful recent Canada! Yep. Canada, France and Germany are civilized and have a water soluble layer in their stamps. Commemorative US self-adhesive stamps with values are usually water soakable but more recent Forever stamps require a solvent. I usually use 99% isoproyl alcohol with good results most of the time. However there is a danger that the ink on some stamps simply dissolves and destroys the stamp. Recent UK Machins are very difficult to soak even with solvent as the stamp will self-destruct. I think some people have luck spraying the back of the paper with citrus solvent and then gently peeling without touching the front of the stamp.
Hi. Yep, they are easy to get from paper. Didn't know about France though, but Germany and Canada are no problem. I heard about UK and USA being not easy. I didn't use any solvent or anything on stamps myself yet. Might be interesting to try it at some point, I have some US and UK stamps that are recent. Thank you for watching and commenting!
Hi John. Yes, in retrospect, I could've left some stamps longer in the water. Maybe I feel bad for some of them, scared of damaging the stamps. Thank you for your comment! Happy Easter!
Hi Jerry. It is just that 'we' know he is the successor to Queen Elizabeth II. I actually find it a nice stamp. You collect GB right? If so, do you collect upto a certain period? Do you stop at QEII aka 2022?
You can comfortably be rougher with those stamps. Other countries are harder. Sometimes the paper is damaged by the water. I find that some countries use an odd paper that is made up of a base layer of paper that comes off with the adhesive and a thin, foil-like layer that just rips and crinkles from getting wet. Ug, a mess when that happens.
Hi Ken. Did you remove paper from self-adhesive US stamps? I am curious what your findings are. I think this was the second time or maybe third that I removed stamps from paper, so yeah, I was maybe too afraid at times. Still I got them all :-)
So, US self adhesives are impossible with water (for me). I've tried and regretted trying. Same with GB. To get those off, people suggest Bestine and Talc. Exploring Stamps has an episode that shows that. I haven't tried it yet. So far, I'm just cutting those square until I get some Bestine.
As for how rough you can be with these, I'm controversial. Some collectors are very precious with all their stamps. I'll be extra careful with a rare stamp, but with dime-a-dozen stamps, I'll soak, I'll peel, I'll scrape off reluctant paper and gum with my fingernail. And, I rip some and have to throw them away. Some collectors would watch me and consider me pure evil. Make your own call on this.
What an oddly satisfying and helpful video! 😊 Are these self adhesive stamps the modern kind that are like stickers? I'm new to stamps and I would love to save the ones I get in the mail. I'll give your method a try with my US stamps.
Hi. Thank you for commenting. Unfortunately US stamps are notoriously hard to soak off. Canadian stamps are very easy. I believe there are people that do not soak off US stamps and collect them on paper. There are chemicals or fluids that help with soaking, like heptane, but some do not recommend it as it is unsure what it does to the stamps long term.
Sorry, I didn’t reply properly. These are like the stickers indeed. And Ken’s and Graham’s (Exploring Stamps) I can really recommend for channels to watch.
@@chrislovesstamps It's okay, no prob! I've subscribed to those two channels, thanks for the recommendation 😊 As for the stickers, I do have some forever stamp sheets that I can experiment with, and see how it goes. If I do, I'll make a video of my success... or total failure 😅 Haha Thanks again!
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Nice collection of stamps. Great job removing from the paper also.. Enjoy your channel 😊
Hi Steven. Thank you. Was pretty easy and straight forward. I think it had more to do with how Canadian stamps come off then my 'skill' :-)
Ja fijn om weer even zo te zien. Dit weekend wil ik ook weer eens aan de slag om zegels te weken. Zitten aardig wat mooie zegels tussen. vind de zegel van Charles stiekem toch ook wel weer classy. Anders dan wat we gewend zijn, maar Charles III staat wel erg mooi. Ook de zegel met die medaille en die militairen is een mooie zegel.
Afweken is best leuk inderdaad. Zag op marktplaats 500gram Duitse zegels voor 5 euro. Lijkt me best interessant. De verkoper had meerdere te koop staan. En Charles, het is dat je weet dat hij de opvolger is, maar je hebt gelijk, eigenlijk best een mooie zegel. En Chrles III staat goed op de zegel.
Nice video, Chris. Wow, those self adhesive stamps soaked off easily! Self adhesive stamps of most other countries I would say, do not have that water soluble layer between the stamp and adhesive and cannot be soaked off with water. Bummer. For those one needs to use a soluble like heptane to get the stamps off paper as far as I could find out and you probably know. I have not taken self adhesive stamps off paper yet, and dread it a bit. The stamps were nice as well. I liked the cute three racoons and the young goat the most, but probably because of the subject and not necessarily the design. 🙂 Thanks for the video! 🙂
Hi Charnie. Yep, I was lucky it were Canadian ones. There are countries that would give me a hard time. I read and heard about heptane also, but I feel hesitant to use it as it is still a chemical. What will the impact be (long term) on the stamps? Then again, I do like to get stamps from the paper, so maybe with some countries I would need to 'bite the bullet'. Those little definitives are really cool, would be nice to have them all together and nicely ordered. I really liked the Christmas stamps.
Beautiful recent Canada! Yep. Canada, France and Germany are civilized and have a water soluble layer in their stamps. Commemorative US self-adhesive stamps with values are usually water soakable but more recent Forever stamps require a solvent. I usually use 99% isoproyl alcohol with good results most of the time. However there is a danger that the ink on some stamps simply dissolves and destroys the stamp. Recent UK Machins are very difficult to soak even with solvent as the stamp will self-destruct. I think some people have luck spraying the back of the paper with citrus solvent and then gently peeling without touching the front of the stamp.
Hi. Yep, they are easy to get from paper. Didn't know about France though, but Germany and Canada are no problem. I heard about UK and USA being not easy. I didn't use any solvent or anything on stamps myself yet. Might be interesting to try it at some point, I have some US and UK stamps that are recent. Thank you for watching and commenting!
warm water with a drop of dish detergent usually does the trick but i would leave them a bit longer to release the gum
Hi John. Yes, in retrospect, I could've left some stamps longer in the water. Maybe I feel bad for some of them, scared of damaging the stamps. Thank you for your comment! Happy Easter!
Canadian small definitives are cute.
Hi Jadranko. Yep, I like the little definitives also :-)
The self adhesive stamps are nice and I can't get used to Charles either lol
Hi Jerry. It is just that 'we' know he is the successor to Queen Elizabeth II. I actually find it a nice stamp. You collect GB right? If so, do you collect upto a certain period? Do you stop at QEII aka 2022?
Hi Chris, i do collect GB stamps, I collect them all right up to the present day
You can comfortably be rougher with those stamps. Other countries are harder. Sometimes the paper is damaged by the water. I find that some countries use an odd paper that is made up of a base layer of paper that comes off with the adhesive and a thin, foil-like layer that just rips and crinkles from getting wet. Ug, a mess when that happens.
Hi Ken. Did you remove paper from self-adhesive US stamps? I am curious what your findings are. I think this was the second time or maybe third that I removed stamps from paper, so yeah, I was maybe too afraid at times. Still I got them all :-)
So, US self adhesives are impossible with water (for me). I've tried and regretted trying. Same with GB. To get those off, people suggest Bestine and Talc. Exploring Stamps has an episode that shows that. I haven't tried it yet. So far, I'm just cutting those square until I get some Bestine.
As for how rough you can be with these, I'm controversial. Some collectors are very precious with all their stamps. I'll be extra careful with a rare stamp, but with dime-a-dozen stamps, I'll soak, I'll peel, I'll scrape off reluctant paper and gum with my fingernail. And, I rip some and have to throw them away. Some collectors would watch me and consider me pure evil. Make your own call on this.
What an oddly satisfying and helpful video! 😊 Are these self adhesive stamps the modern kind that are like stickers? I'm new to stamps and I would love to save the ones I get in the mail. I'll give your method a try with my US stamps.
Hi. Thank you for commenting. Unfortunately US stamps are notoriously hard to soak off. Canadian stamps are very easy. I believe there are people that do not soak off US stamps and collect them on paper. There are chemicals or fluids that help with soaking, like heptane, but some do not recommend it as it is unsure what it does to the stamps long term.
Additionally, see the comment Ken made about other substances to get them (US stamps) off paper. He also mentions an episode by Exploring Stamps.
@@chrislovesstamps Oh interesting. Thanks for the information! I appreciate it.
Sorry, I didn’t reply properly. These are like the stickers indeed. And Ken’s and Graham’s (Exploring Stamps) I can really recommend for channels to watch.
@@chrislovesstamps It's okay, no prob! I've subscribed to those two channels, thanks for the recommendation 😊 As for the stickers, I do have some forever stamp sheets that I can experiment with, and see how it goes. If I do, I'll make a video of my success... or total failure 😅 Haha Thanks again!
I dont understand why people handle stamps like they aren't worth a few pennies.
Hi Tyler. Thanks for commenting. Unsure if you are making a general comment or directed to the video. :-)