From: michael@bramley.demon.co.uk   
      
   Roger   
      
   > I have a collection from being a young lad. At one time album was   
   > exposed to damp which caused some stamps to stick together. What   
   > advice do you give to separate them, as many suggestions will be   
   > appreciated   
      
   Before getting _any_ liquid or dampness near to potentially valuable   
   stamps try the hot/cold technique. First, put a section of a page of   
   stuck stamps into the 'fridge; leave for, say, one hour. Then put the   
   section on to a warm surface - the top of a radiator, for instance.   
   After, say, twenty minutes, try _very_ gently to lift a corner of a   
   stamp or stamps. If they are still stuck, repeat the method, until   
   either (a) you get completely fed up, or (b) the stamps slowly come   
   apart from the paper.   
      
   This has worked for me before now with classic stamps that have   
   adhered to each other or to a page through being in a damp state.   
   It's unlikely to work if the stamps have been deliberately stuck   
   down.   
      
   Michael Meadowcroft   
      
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