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I soaked a bunch of stamps in water for a couple hours this morning and noticed that some of them had radically faded! I could get the back paper off of them, but the stamp was faded to much to be worth anything in my collection.
I'm not sure if soaking is worth it to me if that is going to happen. I think in the future I'll just cut around them. Sure it'll ultimately make the pages thicker in the album, but I'll just get a bigger binder!
Is fading after/while soaking normal?
Thanks!
JR
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Which stamps faded?
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Oh man, you had to ask that! 
I didn't pay attention, but just tossed them. Dang!
Should have noticed.
JR
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02:47:41pm
There are some warnings given in catalogs about stamps that have water soluble inks. I think most are older, but I'm not sure.
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Hi Harvey,
Thanks!
That is precisely what seems to have happened.
The rest of the stamps that were soaking were completely fine!
JR
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You could read this article by our own Don on his website.
http://www.stampsmarter.com/learning/HowToSoakStamps.html
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Stamps printed in aniline inks are water soluble. Of particular note are early stamps from Great Britain an colonies (particularly green and shades of red: carmine, red, scarlet), and the Netherlands and Netherlands colonies, namely the larger, square Queen definitives.
There are some more, but that is about the most of it. As someone stated, pay attention to the catalog warnings.
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The Château de Ramezay commemorative (Scott Canada 245) was printed with aniline ink and fades badly. Ask me how I know 
Bob
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Hi all,
I soaked a bunch of stamps in water for a couple hours this morning and noticed that some of them had radically faded! I could get the back paper off of them, but the stamp was faded to much to be worth anything in my collection.
I'm not sure if soaking is worth it to me if that is going to happen. I think in the future I'll just cut around them. Sure it'll ultimately make the pages thicker in the album, but I'll just get a bigger binder!
Is fading after/while soaking normal?
Thanks!
JR
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re: Soaking stamps - Fading?
Oh man, you had to ask that!
I didn't pay attention, but just tossed them. Dang!
Should have noticed.
JR
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04 Apr 2020
02:47:41pm
re: Soaking stamps - Fading?
There are some warnings given in catalogs about stamps that have water soluble inks. I think most are older, but I'm not sure.
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re: Soaking stamps - Fading?
Hi Harvey,
Thanks!
That is precisely what seems to have happened.
The rest of the stamps that were soaking were completely fine!
JR
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re: Soaking stamps - Fading?
You could read this article by our own Don on his website.
http://www.stampsmarter.com/learning/HowToSoakStamps.html
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05:10:30pm
re: Soaking stamps - Fading?
Stamps printed in aniline inks are water soluble. Of particular note are early stamps from Great Britain an colonies (particularly green and shades of red: carmine, red, scarlet), and the Netherlands and Netherlands colonies, namely the larger, square Queen definitives.
There are some more, but that is about the most of it. As someone stated, pay attention to the catalog warnings.
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re: Soaking stamps - Fading?
The Château de Ramezay commemorative (Scott Canada 245) was printed with aniline ink and fades badly. Ask me how I know
Bob
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