Stamp collecting for beginners: Mounting stamps

[@Macduff2012]

Good video - just a suggestion - I would have liked you to have zoomed in to the stamp mounting process and shown it enlarged!

[@HeyFalls]

Thank you for the very helpful and informative “How To.” Do you have a buyer’s guide for the cutter, mounts, and other materials?

[@highrise9559]

@Ultimate Keyboard Warrior They do. They should never be used.

[@andriy3863]

I'm planning to buy Easy Mounts, currently measuring stamps from my collection to get enough strips of certain sizes. Could you please help me out and tell me how much padding should I add to have the stamp well centered within the mount itself? I assume bottom padding is predefined and needs to be accounted to center the stamp. In other words, if I have a 20x20mm stamp, what should be the size of the mount? 22*22 (1 mm padding on each side) or more like 24*24?

[@KristiaanVanErmengem]

The size of the Davo mounts always indicate the size of the stamps they are meant for. For instance if you buy Davo strip 24 this means you can use it for stamps that are 24 mm high. The actual strip however is 28 mm high, so that you have a 2 mm margin at the bottom and the top. The width you can decide on yourself when you cut the mounts, but ideally you add 2 mm so that all sides have the same margin.

[@andriy3863]

@@KristiaanVanErmengem Thank you so much for this answer, you saved me a fortune!

[@KristiaanVanErmengem]

@@andriy3863 My pleasure

[@loreauvillephil]

Hey! What brand cutter is that?

[@TigerDude333]

wait who uses the cutter upside down like this? The mount goes on the ruled section.

[@rogerturner1881]

i suppose you can get Davo self adhesive cut mounts in sizes

[@seye8eyes]

I like the Album on the Table

[@vettathethu]

Good information,

[@maramakesjournals2319]

Thank you

[@warrenbrown8998]

Very good video. Close up would have been useful

[@seye8eyes]

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