When purchasing unused 19th century stamps with no gum you must be VERY careful. A friend of mine who certifies stamps for one of the larger companies told me that actually less than 20% of 19th century stamps...
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...
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...
This is a relatively quick method for removing self-adhesive or "peel and stick" varieties from their paper backing. (This method may not apply to every self-adhesive stamp from every country; I have used it...
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...
There are certain so-called dealers, selling stamps on ebay that do not come up to scratch and should be prohibited from selling, especially in such a case that I have experienced ie; I purchased a set of...
THE PURPOSE OF THE GUIDE IS TO EXPLAIN HOW TO SOAK STAMPS WITH YELLOW OR PAPER THAT BLEEDS, WE HAVE ALL SEEN STAMPS WITH STAINS AFTER SOAKING. tHIS IS WHAT I CALL SPEED SOAKING 1) YELLOW, RED, BLUE PAPER(ANY...
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...
The answer to this question was a lot easier in the early 1960s when I first started collecting. In those years, countries like Australia and Canada were issuing less than twenty stamps a year. Mint copies...
When it comes to early mint stamps re-gumming has proved to be a most persistent problem. Re-gummed stamps are worth far less than their counterparts with original gum. A re-gummed stamp is a stamp with...