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i see virtually no contemporary US being used other than service-inscribed or current definitive.
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04:12:30pm
Thanks David, I thought it was just me that wasn't seeing that stuff.
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Realistically how do you make singles out of the sheet. The latest commemoratives have no strip between the stamps - only perforations. They are adhered to the waxy backing and there is no way to cut between the single stamps. Do you peel them off the backing? Then what do you stick them on ?
Do you just collect sheets? At $13.20 per sheet my budget would be used up fairly rapidly. And how much of a premium are you willing to pay - most US collectors can buy the commemoratives at the post office or by mail order.
So I buy the ones I like, keep one sheet, and use the rest for postage. At some point I will probably just photocopy the ones I like and use the real stamps for postage. That is the great part of stamp collecting. You can do it your way.
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05:00:57pm
Sorry, as a non-collector of newer material, I had no idea how they are being produced. So, if there was an album that wants singles, how would this be done? Colour me...confused! How does someone collect mint singles of die cut, or self-adhesive, stamps? I really don't want to collect sheets and if you stuck a die cut or self adhesive stamp on a piece of paper would it still be considered mint? I guess that's why they're so elusive!
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I just save the entire panes, and store in Vario stock pages. I even sometimes buy two from USPS.com - one to save mint and one to mail to myself to get used singles.
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I just peel them off the sheet then remove the gum with xylene, a q tip, and a paper towel. Come to think of it, I have a few to do now. I use commemoratives for daily postage. Not difficult to do.
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For a while I was removing stamps around the the stamp I determined would be the saved one and then cut around but leave on liner. In some case like booklets, many will just fold liner and use a knife to slit the stamps apart.
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It takes so much time to remove the used stamps. I can remove and clean 10 -30 stamps in 15 minutes. I try to keep up with listing them. I have so much other stuff to list. I put used ones back for later. Thats probably same for others that why many are not listed. You can used (PURE CITRUS) Air freshener Spray the stamp(s) let it set 1-3 min. then lift it up I use a perf gauge to scrape the glue off. If it doesn't all come off spray the back again.
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01:54:32pm
I think I understand now the reason why few newer US mint stamps are posted here. It sounds like a real pain in the butt!!! If it were me collecting the newer material and wanted to put a singles in an album, rather than go through the hassle of removing the gum, I'd put the stamp on a piece of line higher quality writing paper, cut nicely around it and mount that. I know it would affect the value but, honestly, I wouldn't care that much. Just my opinion and I wouldn't hesitate to buy a stamp done like that, and pay the mint price for it, even though I'm sure most US collectors would not agree. The USPS is making life very difficult!!
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Some stamps you can peel off then put in Stamp mounts. Works good.
Keep on stamping
Richard
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03:16:26pm
I use black mounting for almost everything now so that's probably exactly what I would do. Of course the stamp would be stuck to the mounting, which would be fine with me, but not with most others!!
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This is a really ironic conversation today... So I went into the Orange Park post office to drop something off and asked about new issues as I always do.. I don't get Linn's and sometimes I get an email from USPS regarding new issues but by and large I learn about new issues when they show them to me at the post office. I liked the new Ansel Adams sheet so I bought one.. I don't save them or do anything special with them. I use them as postage and get a little smile out of using some of my favorite new issues and hope I make someone smile on the other end.
So, after I bought the sheet, I sent a picture of it out on the group text I have with my wife and grown kids.
To my shock and disappointment, my (very well educated) 26 year old daughter replied with "Who's Ansel Adams?".
I immediately went to my used book store and found an attractive, serviceable coffee table book for $8 and dropped in the mail.
I took these pictures earlier to show my bride.
Have a great day Ladies and Gents!
Ernie
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Here's how I handle Newer Self Adhesive USA MINT singles I want to keep in my album as MINT examples:
I fold the pane a couple times back and forth in one direction first (like for the sides of the stamp) to cease the backing. Then I fold the pane back and forth a couple times in the other direction (top and bottom of the stamp) to crease the backing. Then I tear out the individual stamp complete with backing still attached. Some of the die cuts will have a tiny bit of the self adhesive exposed, but just a tiny amount. Then I put the stamp in a mount and post in my album. Since the stamp is in a mount, and self adhesive that is exposed on the die cuts will noy be in contact with the album page, but in contact to the stamp mount which it will not adhere to. Anyway, that's how I deal with it.
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Hi! Anyone wishing to learn about new issues can go to the website Virtual Stamp Club. If the current year is not shown, click on an earlier year and it will appear. Includes color pictures and all relevant info. Chris
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I get a lot of self adhesive stamps in discount postage lots I use for my eBay shipments. I always save a unique stamp or block for my collection. And this is how I save them... first, I use all the stamps around my target stamp. Then I take the sheet and cut wide on the waxy paper, leaving a border around the stamp. I do have a very good cutting board, so this is easy for me.
And as far as where all the recent stamps are, the vast amount of stamps issued per issue in the last quarter of a century is overwhelming. A lot of folks have just given up. When I get large lots of first day covers for resale, they are conspicuously absent, most lots go through the 1980s. But when I list 1990s to date covers on eBay, they sell! So someone is collecting them... maybe the younger generation we are accusing of not collecting at all?
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03:27:32pm
From what I can see in my Scott's Specialized US catalog it seems like after 2000 everything seems to be self adhesive. That's probably why you don't see that stuff very often, it's too hard to deal with. Thankfully my cut off is well before that!
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I think they may have some 1c and 2c in post offices that are water activated.
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25 Jun 2024
11:40:12am
I'll say firstly that I do not collect newer US material as a whole. But I do pick up stamps that have to do with TV, comics, movies and some other media items as a topical. I was looking through my US Scott's Specialized and noticed a huge amount of US material that fits in this area. It never seems to show up in either books or auctions here as mint material. That seems a bit odd to me! Am I the only one looking for stuff like this? I would much prefer to buy it here rather than other places!! I am really fed up with a great deal of E-Bay because of shipping prices and over priced items.
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i see virtually no contemporary US being used other than service-inscribed or current definitive.
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25 Jun 2024
04:12:30pm
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Thanks David, I thought it was just me that wasn't seeing that stuff.
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04:22:39pm
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Realistically how do you make singles out of the sheet. The latest commemoratives have no strip between the stamps - only perforations. They are adhered to the waxy backing and there is no way to cut between the single stamps. Do you peel them off the backing? Then what do you stick them on ?
Do you just collect sheets? At $13.20 per sheet my budget would be used up fairly rapidly. And how much of a premium are you willing to pay - most US collectors can buy the commemoratives at the post office or by mail order.
So I buy the ones I like, keep one sheet, and use the rest for postage. At some point I will probably just photocopy the ones I like and use the real stamps for postage. That is the great part of stamp collecting. You can do it your way.
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25 Jun 2024
05:00:57pm
re: Where are the newer US mint stamps?
Sorry, as a non-collector of newer material, I had no idea how they are being produced. So, if there was an album that wants singles, how would this be done? Colour me...confused! How does someone collect mint singles of die cut, or self-adhesive, stamps? I really don't want to collect sheets and if you stuck a die cut or self adhesive stamp on a piece of paper would it still be considered mint? I guess that's why they're so elusive!
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I just save the entire panes, and store in Vario stock pages. I even sometimes buy two from USPS.com - one to save mint and one to mail to myself to get used singles.
Josh
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I just peel them off the sheet then remove the gum with xylene, a q tip, and a paper towel. Come to think of it, I have a few to do now. I use commemoratives for daily postage. Not difficult to do.
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For a while I was removing stamps around the the stamp I determined would be the saved one and then cut around but leave on liner. In some case like booklets, many will just fold liner and use a knife to slit the stamps apart.
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It takes so much time to remove the used stamps. I can remove and clean 10 -30 stamps in 15 minutes. I try to keep up with listing them. I have so much other stuff to list. I put used ones back for later. Thats probably same for others that why many are not listed. You can used (PURE CITRUS) Air freshener Spray the stamp(s) let it set 1-3 min. then lift it up I use a perf gauge to scrape the glue off. If it doesn't all come off spray the back again.
Richard
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26 Jun 2024
01:54:32pm
re: Where are the newer US mint stamps?
I think I understand now the reason why few newer US mint stamps are posted here. It sounds like a real pain in the butt!!! If it were me collecting the newer material and wanted to put a singles in an album, rather than go through the hassle of removing the gum, I'd put the stamp on a piece of line higher quality writing paper, cut nicely around it and mount that. I know it would affect the value but, honestly, I wouldn't care that much. Just my opinion and I wouldn't hesitate to buy a stamp done like that, and pay the mint price for it, even though I'm sure most US collectors would not agree. The USPS is making life very difficult!!
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re: Where are the newer US mint stamps?
Some stamps you can peel off then put in Stamp mounts. Works good.
Keep on stamping
Richard
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26 Jun 2024
03:16:26pm
re: Where are the newer US mint stamps?
I use black mounting for almost everything now so that's probably exactly what I would do. Of course the stamp would be stuck to the mounting, which would be fine with me, but not with most others!!
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re: Where are the newer US mint stamps?
This is a really ironic conversation today... So I went into the Orange Park post office to drop something off and asked about new issues as I always do.. I don't get Linn's and sometimes I get an email from USPS regarding new issues but by and large I learn about new issues when they show them to me at the post office. I liked the new Ansel Adams sheet so I bought one.. I don't save them or do anything special with them. I use them as postage and get a little smile out of using some of my favorite new issues and hope I make someone smile on the other end.
So, after I bought the sheet, I sent a picture of it out on the group text I have with my wife and grown kids.
To my shock and disappointment, my (very well educated) 26 year old daughter replied with "Who's Ansel Adams?".
I immediately went to my used book store and found an attractive, serviceable coffee table book for $8 and dropped in the mail.
I took these pictures earlier to show my bride.
Have a great day Ladies and Gents!
Ernie
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re: Where are the newer US mint stamps?
Here's how I handle Newer Self Adhesive USA MINT singles I want to keep in my album as MINT examples:
I fold the pane a couple times back and forth in one direction first (like for the sides of the stamp) to cease the backing. Then I fold the pane back and forth a couple times in the other direction (top and bottom of the stamp) to crease the backing. Then I tear out the individual stamp complete with backing still attached. Some of the die cuts will have a tiny bit of the self adhesive exposed, but just a tiny amount. Then I put the stamp in a mount and post in my album. Since the stamp is in a mount, and self adhesive that is exposed on the die cuts will noy be in contact with the album page, but in contact to the stamp mount which it will not adhere to. Anyway, that's how I deal with it.
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Hi! Anyone wishing to learn about new issues can go to the website Virtual Stamp Club. If the current year is not shown, click on an earlier year and it will appear. Includes color pictures and all relevant info. Chris
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re: Where are the newer US mint stamps?
I get a lot of self adhesive stamps in discount postage lots I use for my eBay shipments. I always save a unique stamp or block for my collection. And this is how I save them... first, I use all the stamps around my target stamp. Then I take the sheet and cut wide on the waxy paper, leaving a border around the stamp. I do have a very good cutting board, so this is easy for me.
And as far as where all the recent stamps are, the vast amount of stamps issued per issue in the last quarter of a century is overwhelming. A lot of folks have just given up. When I get large lots of first day covers for resale, they are conspicuously absent, most lots go through the 1980s. But when I list 1990s to date covers on eBay, they sell! So someone is collecting them... maybe the younger generation we are accusing of not collecting at all?
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08 Jul 2024
03:27:32pm
re: Where are the newer US mint stamps?
From what I can see in my Scott's Specialized US catalog it seems like after 2000 everything seems to be self adhesive. That's probably why you don't see that stuff very often, it's too hard to deal with. Thankfully my cut off is well before that!
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I think they may have some 1c and 2c in post offices that are water activated.
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