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It is not necessary, or desirable, to wet the wholehinge. Just slightly moisten the extreme ends of the hingeas shown in the illustration. The less moisture the better. There is a type of stamp hinge that is gummed onopposite ends on opposite sides of the paper. Such hingesare not folded but are used flat. They come in dispensersand are preferred by many people. While hinges have been the only method of mountingstamps available to the collector until recently, a newmethod is now known. Many collectors, especially ofunused stamps, prefer a mounting that will not contactthe gum on the reverse of their stamps. Three types arethe most popular "Crystal Mount," "Visitrays," and"Protective Mounts." "Crystal Mounts" are long tubes ofacetate with a gum strip along the top of the tube, itcomes in 6 heights, the collector cuts it to suit his needsfor length. It has the disadvantage of being open on bothsides and stamps tend to slip out as the album pages areturned, Visitrays come in special sizes for the stamp, butrequire that the collector do the final cutting and foldingof the mount. The mount has a black background andmust be moistened for mounting in album. The protec-tive mount comes completely setup, ready to use, inexact size for all U. S. stamps and many foreign stamps,it has a self sticking adhesive on it, hence is the easiestmount to use. You simply place your stamp in mount,remove protective covering from back of mount and |
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