Taking Care of Your Collection: Keep it Cool

Proper climate, in terms of moisture in the air, is an extremely important factor in the matter of preserving the priceless gems of your stamp collection. It’s best to keep your collection in an air conditioned room. Moisture in the air can ruin your stamps. Make certain that the room is not humid; humidity in the air will cause the ink in the stamps to fade away. Humidity can also encourage molds and fungi to grow among your stamps, causing them to deteriorate very rapidly.

One thing you can do in order to keep the moisture in the air from harming your stamps is to place a sheet of dye-free paper on top of your stamps. This will soak up any excess humidity from the air before it can get to the stamps.

Make sure you keep your stamps in a cool, dry place. This is one of the main things that you can do to keep your stamps looking and feeling like new.