Tag: Tools

Using a Microscope to Identify Austria's National Costume Series

Wow...3 months have flown by.  No articles for 3 months...I've been busy.  Part of the delay however was that I discovered after beginning this article that it was going to be a completely different article than I had originally intended...you'll see why below. The National Costume series

The [Mostly] Foolproof Guide to Soaking [Most] Stamps

There are plenty of instructions online for soaking stamps — and it doesn’t take a lot of research or any kind of special products to sort them. Some people use newsprint for drying and pressing, others use a range of plenty of other methods. My goal is not to write

Using a Watermark Detector

My Experience with the Stanley Gibbons Spectrum Watermark Detector For someone who isn’t a big fan of dealing with watermarks, this detector — while imperfect — is a nice tool to have on hand. I got this about a year ago, and it is my go-to when I’m dealing with