Soaking USA Stamps
Does anyone have a good way to soak these labels, I mean stamps, that the USA post office now issue. Usually if you soak them in water they don't come off and you ruin the stamp. I am sure there is some way. Thanks for the info. wkaj
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Soaking them is really the only way, and then using orange solvent and gentle finger rubbing to remove as much adhesive as possible, then soaking again to remove solvent.. Many times even this will result in adhesive remnants which some collectors get past by sprinkling talcum powder on the backs to eliminate the adhesive's stickiness.
There's a spray called Pure Citrus that seems to work well, but there's always residual gum that needs to be dealt with.