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• Quick soaking for stamps with gum
• by stamptraveller( 906)
• 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

• 93 of 104 people found this guide helpful

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• Determining the true colors and shades of stamps
• by redlion48( 4611)
• Did you ever notice how many different types of reds are listed in the major catalogues such as Scott, Michel, Yvert or Gibbons? There is carmine, carmine-red, red,.dull red, reddish this and that, etc. The... 

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  stamp color | color key | philately | stamp collecting

• 50 of 56 people found this guide helpful

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• Catalog for FRENCH stamps
• by neron( 6441)
• There are 3 principal FRENCH catalogs : Yvert et Tellier yvert.com Ceres ceres-philatelie.com Dallay philatelix.fr  

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  French | yvert | ceres | dallay | philatelix

• 32 of 48 people found this guide helpful

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• Fournier Forgeries on French Colonial Stamps (Tablets)
• by twdtubergen( 2633)
• Fournier forgeries exist on all values and types of the Navigation Commerce (Tablet) keytype issues of 1892. These are very common, and unfortunately, are not worth very much. I have seen many advertised as... 

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  stamps | France | French Colony | Indochina | forgery

• 21 of 22 people found this guide helpful

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• Beware of fraudulent stamps on eBay
• by abn1( 4683)
• There are many fraudulent or counterfeit stamps around. Many of them are from so-called Autonomous Regions of various countries. Russia heads the list with fraudulent issues from these regions: Altai Region... 

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  stamps | counterfeit

• 13 of 13 people found this guide helpful

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