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Topic: Framing space postal covers for display
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SpaceyInMN
Member Posts: 355
From: Andover, MN
Registered: Dec 2013
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posted 04-09-2016 09:36 PM
   
While I'm not really a collector of postal covers, I do have a handful in my collection because of they helped me acquire a certain autograph at a reasonable price. What I'm looking for advice on is ways that others have displayed their postal covers, preferably framed.I have a fairly sizable autograph collection (space and other), and don't particularly care to store them in binders where they're never seen. Why have them if my guests and I never look at them? For most items, I frame them myself (I have a mat cutter), and for complex things, I'll have it done by a pro. I'm really not sure what to do with covers, though. Are there pre-built frames designed for covers? How about any pre-cut mats for multiple cover display? I suppose I could do this myself, but if I can find something reasonably priced that's pre-cut, I'd just as soon go with that. Any thoughts on my questions or other ideas to display covers would be appreciated. I'd really like to get them out of their binders and onto the wall. |
Wehaveliftoff
Member Posts: 2343
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Registered: Aug 2001
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posted 04-10-2016 12:32 PM
Just remember when out on a wall the signatures are exposed to reflected sunlight. Large custom built frames with windows is probably your only option. Have you tried calling an envelope company and ask if they have any framed examples and how they do it? |
SpaceyInMN
Member Posts: 355
From: Andover, MN
Registered: Dec 2013
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posted 04-10-2016 01:32 PM
Thanks for the idea of calling an envelope company. That's not a bad idea and something I hadn't considered. I was contacted privately by another cS member with an example of how he framed some covers, and it gave me the idea to just use some acid free corner mounts and mount them on top of a mat board. I think I may go with that option. It would be easy and cheap.As an alternative, I considered buying eBay item 351033116458 and removing the existing covers to frame mine. I don't know if that mat board is acid free, though. Regarding sunlight, my items hang in an interior hallway with no direct sunlight, so that's not an issue. I also leave the hall lights off most of the time to avoid bleaching of the signatures. All of my professionally framed items also have UV filtering glass. Thanks again for the idea! |
cvrlvr99
Member Posts: 139
From: Arlington, TX
Registered: Aug 2014
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posted 04-12-2016 12:02 PM
For mounting the corners, your local craft store has clear, acid-free, plastic photo corners. Sometimes they are found in the scrapbooking section.I've got only a few mounted as wall displays as no one looks at them. The best way to put them where people can see them is to mount them for a postage stamp exhibition. You can see what that would look like at the next show in Crystal, Minnesota on July 15-17, put on by the Lake Minnetonka Stamp Club and two others. The show is at 4800 Douglas Drive. Contact Randy Smith. | |
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