Philatelic Stamp Care and Preservation
Are you a stamp collector interested in increasing the value and rarity of your stamp collection?
The stamps below illustrate damage that the 4 P's can inflict on your stamp, art, and other paper based collections.
Click to learn about the 4 P's in Philately and why
Paper, Plastic, Precipitation (humidity), and Photons (light) can harm your stamps and stamp albums.
Or you can first visit Plastic and Visible Light to view photos that show the harmful effects that light and some plastic stamp products can have on your stamp collections and stamp albums.