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Hi erudite.
If it is a modern self adhesive on paper not much.
If it is a clean skin having it on paper helps to prove it is a clean skin. (personally I do not use them)
High value stamp the same price on paper as off paper.
If the stamp is tied to the piece by a good cancel would be getting somewhere.
Older stamps are getting harder to find on paper so as more time goes by they will be something IMO.
The best part is you get to choose to do and think what you like. It is your stamp and your stamp collection.:)
Always Happy Stamping. KG5
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One problem with older stamps on paper is the acid in some paper does irreparable harm to the stamp. Also, if the cancel is of no importance or it is only a small piece of paper remaining from the envelope, the paper can also hide damage, such as thins.
Without an image of what you are asking about, we can only speculate and provide information as we did. You will have to evaluate how you want to handle the stamp with or without the paper, as KG5 stated.
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Thanks. As always good advice. I think the issue of not being able to identify the quality of the stamp is probably the most critical aspect. I have some older Malay state stamps on a piece with nice cancels and wide margins of paper and they are very attractive. Chris
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Those you would probably want to keep on the paper.
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03:00:01am
There is also the question as to what you consider "old".
I have seen some lots on eBay that the seller described as "Old" or even "classic" but were really only from the 1950s or '60s. To him that might be old and prehaps before his birth, but to others it is relatively modern.
For anyone here to provide guidence about your Malay ( Malaya, Malaysia, Straits Settlments, Singapore ??? ) stamps, you really need to post a scan.
Tim has created a system that is just about the simplest to use of any website I have seen. And if you do have trouble posting a scan there are several members who are very good at it.
With a proper acan sometimes a very interesting discussion follows.
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Does anyone know how the value of a stamp is affected if it is sold as 'on a piece' i.e with the paper to which it is affixed still present but cut with a wide margin around the stamp?
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re: stamp on paper
Hi erudite.
If it is a modern self adhesive on paper not much.
If it is a clean skin having it on paper helps to prove it is a clean skin. (personally I do not use them)
High value stamp the same price on paper as off paper.
If the stamp is tied to the piece by a good cancel would be getting somewhere.
Older stamps are getting harder to find on paper so as more time goes by they will be something IMO.
The best part is you get to choose to do and think what you like. It is your stamp and your stamp collection.:)
Always Happy Stamping. KG5
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11:53:56pm
re: stamp on paper
One problem with older stamps on paper is the acid in some paper does irreparable harm to the stamp. Also, if the cancel is of no importance or it is only a small piece of paper remaining from the envelope, the paper can also hide damage, such as thins.
Without an image of what you are asking about, we can only speculate and provide information as we did. You will have to evaluate how you want to handle the stamp with or without the paper, as KG5 stated.
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re: stamp on paper
Thanks. As always good advice. I think the issue of not being able to identify the quality of the stamp is probably the most critical aspect. I have some older Malay state stamps on a piece with nice cancels and wide margins of paper and they are very attractive. Chris
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09:06:53am
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Those you would probably want to keep on the paper.
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15 Jan 2012
03:00:01am
re: stamp on paper
There is also the question as to what you consider "old".
I have seen some lots on eBay that the seller described as "Old" or even "classic" but were really only from the 1950s or '60s. To him that might be old and prehaps before his birth, but to others it is relatively modern.
For anyone here to provide guidence about your Malay ( Malaya, Malaysia, Straits Settlments, Singapore ??? ) stamps, you really need to post a scan.
Tim has created a system that is just about the simplest to use of any website I have seen. And if you do have trouble posting a scan there are several members who are very good at it.
With a proper acan sometimes a very interesting discussion follows.
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