Opinion on Mount Type for Vert Strips
This is more of a collector's question, but I think most all here have worked both sides. Collecting and selling. Much of what the family has put into albums are singles and some occasional souvenir sheets (ex US #778). Recently, have come across vertical strips. Example is US #3337a of the 5 train stamps.
Your opinions: Do you use a horizontal strip and mount these vertically in the album (sides contained, but top bottom open). Or do you find the tall vertical sheets (tall sides open, top and bottom contained). Album is stored upright. So having the bottom edge closed to avoid gravity doing its work makes some sense. But when doing these taller narrow strips (compared to maybe a block of 8 stamps) would have so much of the sides open and only glued to the page at the top of this strip, seems it may be fairly flimsy in its support and more of an issue than gravity having the strip fall down.
Unfortunately, finding as we move into more recent stamps, the albums tend to have a page for the entire stamp sheet, but no spaces for the individual stamps, or vert/horz strips. A bit of a let down for a family trying to collect the less expensive used individuals rather than mint sheets. Makes for some creative mount positioning.
Thanks for any of your ideas/opinions on mounting taller strips of stamps.
Your opinions: Do you use a horizontal strip and mount these vertically in the album (sides contained, but top bottom open). Or do you find the tall vertical sheets (tall sides open, top and bottom contained). Album is stored upright. So having the bottom edge closed to avoid gravity doing its work makes some sense. But when doing these taller narrow strips (compared to maybe a block of 8 stamps) would have so much of the sides open and only glued to the page at the top of this strip, seems it may be fairly flimsy in its support and more of an issue than gravity having the strip fall down.
Unfortunately, finding as we move into more recent stamps, the albums tend to have a page for the entire stamp sheet, but no spaces for the individual stamps, or vert/horz strips. A bit of a let down for a family trying to collect the less expensive used individuals rather than mint sheets. Makes for some creative mount positioning.
Thanks for any of your ideas/opinions on mounting taller strips of stamps.
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If you're still concerned about slippage, one of the mount manufacturers (which one escapes me at the moment) makes a glue stick specifically for use on mounts, so you could potentially partially seal the bottom of the strip.
Thanks for listening to me talk talking to myself. And thanks for the input. It makes great sense. Your way also allows for more area to spot adhere the mount the full length of one side of the mount. not just the top half.
Thanks !!!
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