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    • Created on 5 May 2011 at 07:04
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    I've tried Stick-Stuff Remover on four different stamps (shown below) with the following results:

    1st Class Security: Peeled off easily with no damage to the security tags
    2nd Class Security: Same result
    2nd Class PIP (2006): The trickiest one of the lot, the stamp didn't peel like the others and had to be separated by carefully running a spade tweezer between the stamp and envelope
    2nd Class Christmas (Wallace and Grommit): Peeled off easily

    In each case there was a certain amount of residue on the back which I removed by applying S-SR with a cotton-wool bud; this left a slight tackiness (like a Post-it Note) which might be overcome by dusting with talcum powder

    Not a very scientific test, but it does demonstrate the viability of the technique; I'll test a few foreign self-adhesives next to see what happens, also I'll try and determine which stamps will soak off in water - watch this thread!
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    • Created on 5 May 2011 at 06:43
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    Branded Stamp-Lifters and Gum Removers have, in my experience, proved useless with modern self-adhesives. I'm wrestling with similar problems with the modern French self-adhesives.

    What I've found is that for most modern self-adhesives which are glossy, then the simplest solution seems to be to soak them in boiling water! This melts the gum so that it can then be peeled off by hand whilst preserving the integrity of the paper. It seems to work with all the glossy French ones apart from the first two series issued in the 1990's which do not appear to have a water resistant backing.

    For the non-glossy ones however, this method does not seem to work as the gum gets impregnated into the paper and will not peel. I'm going to try experimenting with some of the chemical methods at a later stage - someone mentioned Coleman Fuel in another thread so I am going to try that.
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    Branded Stamp-Lifters and Gum Removers have, in my experience, proved useless with modern self-adhesives. I'm wrestling with similar problems with the modern French self-adhesives.

    What I've found is that for most modern self-adhesives which are glossy, then the simplest solution seems to be to soak them in boiling water! This melts the gum so that it can then be peeled off by hand whilst preserving the integrity of the paper. It seems to work with all the glossy French ones apart from the first two series issued in the 1990's which do not appear to have a water resistant backing.

    For the non-glossy ones however, this method does not seem to work as the gum gets impregnated into the paper and will not peel. I'm going to try experimenting with some of the chemical methods at a later stage - someone mentioned Coleman Fuel in another thread so I am going to try that.
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