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The idea I had was actually two framed sets with three covers each. The covers would be placed within a frame mount (double bevel), inside a metal frame with a glass cover.
Any advice folks?
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Peter
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Peter,
I think that would be a great idea for a gift. As long as you use archival type paper and UV blocking glass-any good framing shop will have these items- you should be OK. You might need to supply them with the correct corner mounts and specify not to glue the covers in place.
Ross
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Hi Ross. Thanks for the info! I'll check it out this coming weekend.
Cheers,
Peter
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Peter
I framed a Legends of the West Recalled sheet and put them in the right size Scott mount and it turned out very well.
I think you can get a cover mount and it should be fine. They really look good framed.
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Thank you too, Tooler! 
Cheers,
Peter
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I was going to say the same as Tooler, although I don't have that sheet...
Anyway, the Showgard, Prinz, Scott Mounts all have UV protection (remember that if you use a UV light to check for tagging on a stamp in such a mount as the tagging probably will not show up). Any stamp I place in a frame goes into a mount.
Just one other precaution, when you give them the gift, suggest they keep it away from direct sunlight.
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Thanks Michael!
Cheers,
Peter
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12:18:54pm
Micheal's advice should be "suggest strongly" that the frames not be on mounted on a wall where they will be in direct sunlight, even for a part of the day.
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I remember reading a story in Linn's or Western Stamp Collector, before it folded, about the US Moon Landing stamp which was thought to exist in two shades of blue.
Then some collector saw a sheet mounted on the wall of a dealer in Pennsylvania (?) that had both shades and an apparent dividing line passing diagonally through the sheet from top to bottom.
Further investigation showed that part of the day the Sun shined on that wall and the lighter shade of blue lined up with the segment that got sunlight part of every sunny day.
Now admittedly, I am going on memory, but I think I have the essential details reasonably correct. Somewhere in a binder of such trivia files I may have the copy of the newspaper clipping, but it is likely twenty or thirty years ago.
Mount the covers in their protected frames on a wall or desk out of the bright sunlight.
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Thank you; good advice!!
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06:15:45am
I have a set of six covers that I'd like to frame as a gift for someone who is not a stamp collector, but who would like the theme (astronaut signed first day covers). My question is, should I do this? Will framing harm the covers over time? If I do this, should I enclose the covers in mylar or some other covering first?
The idea I had was actually two framed sets with three covers each. The covers would be placed within a frame mount (double bevel), inside a metal frame with a glass cover.
Any advice folks?
Cheers,
Peter
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23 May 2013
08:24:29am
re: Should you frame covers?
Peter,
I think that would be a great idea for a gift. As long as you use archival type paper and UV blocking glass-any good framing shop will have these items- you should be OK. You might need to supply them with the correct corner mounts and specify not to glue the covers in place.
Ross
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09:34:33am
re: Should you frame covers?
Hi Ross. Thanks for the info! I'll check it out this coming weekend.
Cheers,
Peter
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re: Should you frame covers?
Peter
I framed a Legends of the West Recalled sheet and put them in the right size Scott mount and it turned out very well.
I think you can get a cover mount and it should be fine. They really look good framed.
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04:24:28pm
re: Should you frame covers?
Thank you too, Tooler!
Cheers,
Peter
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04:30:56pm
re: Should you frame covers?
I was going to say the same as Tooler, although I don't have that sheet...
Anyway, the Showgard, Prinz, Scott Mounts all have UV protection (remember that if you use a UV light to check for tagging on a stamp in such a mount as the tagging probably will not show up). Any stamp I place in a frame goes into a mount.
Just one other precaution, when you give them the gift, suggest they keep it away from direct sunlight.
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05:58:58pm
re: Should you frame covers?
Thanks Michael!
Cheers,
Peter
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25 May 2013
12:18:54pm
re: Should you frame covers?
Micheal's advice should be "suggest strongly" that the frames not be on mounted on a wall where they will be in direct sunlight, even for a part of the day.
.
I remember reading a story in Linn's or Western Stamp Collector, before it folded, about the US Moon Landing stamp which was thought to exist in two shades of blue.
Then some collector saw a sheet mounted on the wall of a dealer in Pennsylvania (?) that had both shades and an apparent dividing line passing diagonally through the sheet from top to bottom.
Further investigation showed that part of the day the Sun shined on that wall and the lighter shade of blue lined up with the segment that got sunlight part of every sunny day.
Now admittedly, I am going on memory, but I think I have the essential details reasonably correct. Somewhere in a binder of such trivia files I may have the copy of the newspaper clipping, but it is likely twenty or thirty years ago.
Mount the covers in their protected frames on a wall or desk out of the bright sunlight.
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12:41:26pm
re: Should you frame covers?
Thank you; good advice!!
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