How to Soak Stamps - Getting Stamps off Paper

From Michael Breen, former About.com Guide

Many of the stamps collectors receive come still on the envelope. Sometimes that is preferable, such as when the stamp is part of a First Day Cover . But in most cases, the stamp needs to be taken off the envelope so it can be properly sorted and put in a stamp album or other display. To do this the stamps must be soaked off the envelopes.

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• Soaking Stamps
• Sorting
• Trim
• Soak
• Drying
• Flattening

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