Some thoughts we plan to address in the near future about US stamp collections:


Are water-activated "lick and stick" postage stamps dying a slow death?

In the future, will stamp collectors be able to find recent postally used lick and stick stamps for their collections, or will they be very scarce and have a much higher catalogue value than their self-adhesive contemporaries?

And just what's up with some of those self-adhesive stamps - some (although not all) of the postally used self-adhesives are almost impossible to soak off their paper - and when you do manage to get one off, the surface often "cracks" or a thin spot appears because too much of the stamp backing comes off with the paper. Hey, USPS, please lighten up on the goo you use to make self-adhesive stamps!

Theft of collectible stamps while in the mailstream - the removal of these stamps off their envelopes before mail delivery, by persons unknown.