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- From: nancy@hayduke (Nancy Feagans)
- Subject: Re: Stuck Stamps
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.204137.9896@jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.gov>
- Keywords: stamps
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- Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA)
- References: <1992Nov18.143528.19544@ms.uky.edu>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 20:41:37 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov18.143528.19544@ms.uky.edu> diaz@ms.uky.edu (Christopher S. Diaz) writes:
- >Earlier I bought a book of stamps, from which I used only one,
- >and I stuck the remainder of the book in my slack's pocket.
- >
- >When I later took the book out of my pocket I discovered that most
- >of them were _stuck_ together.
- >
- >This has never happened before (and I haven't wet my pants lately :) )
- >so I'm not sure what I could do:
- > - Could I soak the entire book to loosen the stamps from each
- > other, let them dry, then reuse them (by glueing or taping
- > the back side of them to an envelope)?
- > - Does the post office let one exchange stamps like these
- > for usable ones?
- >
- >Forgive me - I know something similar to this was here a few
- >months ago, but I didn't keep up with it.
-
-
- I remember hearing about a remedy for stuck stamps: put them in the
- freezer. Once frozen, they're supposed to be easy to pick apart.
- One caveat: I haven't had to try this myself (yet!).
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