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01:11:15pm
It's a two-part question/answer: Aesthetics and Value
1) If you are ok with the aesthetics of hinging "post office fresh" stamps, then it's fine. Nobody else's opinion matters.
2) Hinging a MNH stamp that has some value definitely reduces the value for a future potential buyer. However, if they are all low value items in the first place, they won't be counted in the collection by a buyer in either case. Whether hinged or MNH, they won't add to the value of the collection upon disposition. If this is the case, default back to question 1.
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02:29:48pm
I prefer the look that the black mounting gives and my entire Canada and US collections, even the really cheap stuff, is done that way. I haven't bothered to change over my other collections but always now avoid hinges with newer material I pick up. In many cases the mounting out values the stamp it contains. It's possible that a better looking collection might also sell for more, who knows!!
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While I have many hinged stamps in my collection... If it's MNH, I mount it. That includes hinged stamps of value. The bottom line is do whatever you find pleasing!
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I mount everything. I do not like hinges.
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"angore: I mount everything. I do not like hinges."
Ditto !
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Ron, if you ever need hinges i have quite a few packets. I am not crazy about hinges but i would rather spend on stamps instead rather than mounts there are so many different sizes i would need.
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Ron,
Always remember "It is YOUR collection" and you can do anything you want that makes you happy when you buy them. Also remember that a cheap stamp will always be a cheap stamps, not gaining in value like the better stamps. You can write "War and Peace" on the back of them, or other information like the cat #, the cat value, what color they are and how much you paid for them. It's your stamp. I have seen stamps with writing all over the back that was totally useless and a waste of time to even do. I have even seen stamps with "autographs of the supposedly president of a country on them". That and $2 might get you a cup of coffee someplace. I have, but don't know exactly where it is, a piece of "type" like they used in printing many years ago, with the Lord's Prayer engraved on the head of it, but of course, your have to use a magnifying glass to read it.
You can also mount your stamps in a preprinted album, or on lined notebook paper using glue to adhere them, only because they are yours. When you try to sell them or whatever, that will become another issue, but that will be many years in the future, or even after you move on, and or expire, in which case it wouldn't bother you then. The main thing about stamp collecting is to enjoy collecting, as thousands of us do, but do it your way, not someone telling you how to do it. It is always good to ask for advice, but remember you have to live with the decision you make, not someone else.
Happy collecting for you!
Mike
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Thanks to all.
I appreciate the feedback from all. I think that I am going to hinge 'cheap' MNH stamps after 1940 and probably mount those issued before, with the rare exception of a few countries that i do sort of emphasis.
Ron
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12:17:01pm
I have an accumulation of very low price, current (1965 - 2000), mint never hinged stamps - The question is do I mount them in a protected mount or merely hinge them. Most are just regular issue, foreign (not US) with doubtful chance of appreciation. My album does have both protected mounted stamps "better stamps"(MNH) and hinged (used) together in the albums. Thanks.
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25 Aug 2024
01:11:15pm
re: Hinging Low Price Mint Stamps
It's a two-part question/answer: Aesthetics and Value
1) If you are ok with the aesthetics of hinging "post office fresh" stamps, then it's fine. Nobody else's opinion matters.
2) Hinging a MNH stamp that has some value definitely reduces the value for a future potential buyer. However, if they are all low value items in the first place, they won't be counted in the collection by a buyer in either case. Whether hinged or MNH, they won't add to the value of the collection upon disposition. If this is the case, default back to question 1.
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25 Aug 2024
02:29:48pm
re: Hinging Low Price Mint Stamps
I prefer the look that the black mounting gives and my entire Canada and US collections, even the really cheap stuff, is done that way. I haven't bothered to change over my other collections but always now avoid hinges with newer material I pick up. In many cases the mounting out values the stamp it contains. It's possible that a better looking collection might also sell for more, who knows!!
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re: Hinging Low Price Mint Stamps
While I have many hinged stamps in my collection... If it's MNH, I mount it. That includes hinged stamps of value. The bottom line is do whatever you find pleasing!
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I mount everything. I do not like hinges.
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"angore: I mount everything. I do not like hinges."
Ditto !
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re: Hinging Low Price Mint Stamps
Ron, if you ever need hinges i have quite a few packets. I am not crazy about hinges but i would rather spend on stamps instead rather than mounts there are so many different sizes i would need.
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Ron,
Always remember "It is YOUR collection" and you can do anything you want that makes you happy when you buy them. Also remember that a cheap stamp will always be a cheap stamps, not gaining in value like the better stamps. You can write "War and Peace" on the back of them, or other information like the cat #, the cat value, what color they are and how much you paid for them. It's your stamp. I have seen stamps with writing all over the back that was totally useless and a waste of time to even do. I have even seen stamps with "autographs of the supposedly president of a country on them". That and $2 might get you a cup of coffee someplace. I have, but don't know exactly where it is, a piece of "type" like they used in printing many years ago, with the Lord's Prayer engraved on the head of it, but of course, your have to use a magnifying glass to read it.
You can also mount your stamps in a preprinted album, or on lined notebook paper using glue to adhere them, only because they are yours. When you try to sell them or whatever, that will become another issue, but that will be many years in the future, or even after you move on, and or expire, in which case it wouldn't bother you then. The main thing about stamp collecting is to enjoy collecting, as thousands of us do, but do it your way, not someone telling you how to do it. It is always good to ask for advice, but remember you have to live with the decision you make, not someone else.
Happy collecting for you!
Mike
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12:54:58pm
re: Hinging Low Price Mint Stamps
Thanks to all.
I appreciate the feedback from all. I think that I am going to hinge 'cheap' MNH stamps after 1940 and probably mount those issued before, with the rare exception of a few countries that i do sort of emphasis.
Ron
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