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• Beware of stamps displayed on "old album pages"
• by stamptraveller( 866)
• I was caught once by this trick, and quite handily too. A seller, who shall remain nameless and who has since disappeared from eBay after, I suspect, wreaking much havoc, knowingly or unknowingly placed some... 

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  forgeries | forgery | stamps | "as is" | bad seller

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• Beware of some box lots.
• by bayside_philatelic( 3002)
• A new ruse that I have been noticing is some dealers that have been selling these “unsearched box lots”. These dealers are buying modern stamps that are on paper by the pound. They are paying just a couple of... 

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  collection | lot | mixture

• 94 of 107 people found this guide helpful

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• Quick soaking for stamps with gum
• by stamptraveller( 866)
• This is the quickest and safest method I have found for soaking stamps which have been been gummed to an envelope (meaning they are not self-adhesive or "peel and stick" varieties, which I always soak... 

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  soaking stamps | unsoaking stamps | removing stamps | handling stamps | drying stamps

• 87 of 98 people found this guide helpful

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• Quick Guide to Collectible UK Beatle Records
• by bnb_beatles_depot( 1077)
• Quick Guide to Collectible Beatle UK Records Collectibility is subjective. What is highly collectible for some is of limited value to another. With this guide, I will list Beatle UK records which most... 

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  Beatles | Parlophone | UK | Records | Vinyl

• 49 of 59 people found this guide helpful

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• What to do with "damaged" stamps (or keeping "spares")
• by stamptraveller( 866)
• Inevitably, when you go through a lot of stamps over time, you will come across damaged copies which are not really suitable for your collection. Once you have decided to discard a stamp (in the case of more... 

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  damaged stamps | torn stamps | cataloging | spare stamps | spare copies

• 26 of 41 people found this guide helpful

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