BUZZ ISSUE-U:BEE ONLINE #02
In this quarterly magazine from U:Bee Online, read more about the skills that could help you achieve more, start life-long interests, lead to careers or become your new hobby! Buzz - Be the best you can be!
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hinge.<br />
stamp hinge is a small, folded,<br />
A<br />
but these are specially<br />
tweezers,<br />
for picking up and handling<br />
designed<br />
Tongs are available in both<br />
stamps.<br />
steel and plastic. Either type<br />
stainless<br />
for in stamps?<br />
looking<br />
you research local events you will<br />
If<br />
close to home.<br />
venues<br />
can be a great opportunity to<br />
These<br />
stamps close up.<br />
see<br />
course the best place to look for<br />
Of<br />
have been in business since 1856.<br />
who<br />
our their website. They<br />
Check<br />
What you should look for is an album<br />
that contains plenty of space for your<br />
stamps and have strong bindings with<br />
thick pages made from good quality<br />
acid free paper. Another smart item<br />
you cannot do without is a stamp<br />
rectangular piece of paper or glassine<br />
coated with a gum. One end of the<br />
hinge is gummed onto the back of a<br />
stamp and the other end is gummed<br />
onto the album page.<br />
This helps to firmly hold the stamp on<br />
the page. These hinges are very<br />
So that gives you some idea of the<br />
inexpensive and around a thousand<br />
can be purchased for a<br />
equipment you need to start stamp<br />
collecting but what should you be<br />
few pounds. Stamp tongs look like<br />
often find stamp collectors fairs in<br />
will do, but make sure you choose<br />
tongs that do not have sharp edges, as<br />
they may tear and ruin your stamp<br />
stamp collecting items is on auction<br />
sites and specialist websites.<br />
One of the most famous companies for<br />
Stamp Collectors is Stanley Gibbons<br />
A stamp collector<br />
or philatelist<br />
collects postage<br />
stamps as a hobby.<br />
specialise in rare stamps along with<br />
bank notes and coins.<br />
www.stanleygibbons.com<br />
Issue Two: January 2019 / buzz@ubee.org.uk / www.ubee.org.uk / Page 12
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