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jkm0644
24 Jan 2015
12:50:32pm
I received a mailer box with some nice new Canadian stamps. There are five very large 2.50 Hockey Player stamps and a circular sheet of non-denominated Canadian Recording Artists.
Will these stamps water soak off the corrugated cardboard???
Thanks,
Jim
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TuskenRaider
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24 Jan 2015
02:41:56pm
re: Soaking newer Canadian Stamps

Hi Everyone;

This is how I handle stamps on corrugated cardboard. I'm assuming they are water soakable
tho. I cut the cardboard close about 1/8". Then I grab the outside layer of heavy paper and
gently peel it away from the corrugations. This way the stamps are just on heavy paper and
soaking goes a bit faster.

Non-water soakable stamps I don't collect, as I only collect up to 1971-1981, as I refuse to
keep buying supplements. When I get them I just list and sell them on paper for someone
else to fuss over how to do them.

Keep on soakin'....
TuskenRaider

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24 Jan 2015
08:45:41pm
re: Soaking newer Canadian Stamps

I posted the same question not too long ago. So far, I haven't had any problems soaking the Canadian self-adhesives in warm water. Some take a few minutes longer than others but they all seem to soak off cleanly. I haven't tried the 3-D ones, though. And I soak only about a dozen at a time.

Tad

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31 Jan 2015
12:46:04pm
re: Soaking newer Canadian Stamps

Canadian self adhesive stamps are not soakable.

Rick VanGorder, Phoenix AZ

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George
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31 Jan 2015
10:50:10pm
re: Soaking newer Canadian Stamps

um ... um ... Tad says Canadian s/a soak off in water and Rick says they don't. Who is speaking from experience and who from hearsay? Or are there different periods when they used different adhesives with different properties?

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31 Jan 2015
10:59:52pm

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re: Soaking newer Canadian Stamps

I have never had problem soaking used stamps of Canada. The self adhesive do need to be soaked a little longer.

I will be soaking some more recent stamps of Canada next week, and if I find anything different I will post it here.

Doug

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31 Jan 2015
11:17:54pm
re: Soaking newer Canadian Stamps

" .... I have never had problem soaking used stamps of Canada. The self adhesive do need to be soaked a little longer. ...."
Same here, at least I do not recall cursing at the Canada stamps the way I sometimes do with some French definitives.

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31 Jan 2015
11:17:54pm
re: Soaking newer Canadian Stamps

Canadian self-adhesives ARE soakable. There is a layer of PVA gum between the paper and the self-adhesive gum that allows them to be water soakable. As d1stamper says, it sometimes takes a little longer then the old lick-and-stick stamps.

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07 Feb 2015
12:37:09pm
re: Soaking newer Canadian Stamps

All of my Canadian S/A stamps are soakable. To date, I have had no problems with them.

Chimo

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