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Hands soaking stamps in a shallow dish of water

Nov 5, 2026 · 9 min

How to soak stamps off paper

Water, patience and a flat dry.

Hartmut in close portrait holding stamp tweezers

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I’m Hartmut, a stamp collector. I’ve collected for 30 years and keep my albums in a wooden cabinet at home in Leipzig.

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