# Stamp Collectors: proper way to mount a stamp in a display frame.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stamp-collectors-proper-way-to-mount-a-stamp-in-a-display-frame/199203>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 2, 2003, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stamp-collectors-proper-way-to-mount-a-stamp-in-a-display-frame/199203 "2003-09-02T20:40:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![stuyguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@stuyguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuyguy)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2003, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stamp-collectors-proper-way-to-mount-a-stamp-in-a-display-frame/199203/1 "2003-09-02T20:40:50Z")

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I have several old stamps that I’d like to give as gifts. I want to mount one stamp in the middle of a board. On top of that will be a mat with a bevelled-edge window. The stamp will show through the window. The whole business will go in a glass-front picture frame.

How do I mount the stamp to the back board? Of course I could just lick the thing, or use Elmer’s Glue, but that would make real collectors gasp. (Not that these are for real collectors – they’re just token keepsakes who will find the stamp design interesting. So if the suggestions are to expensive or daunting, that’s what I’ll do.)

I should state right off that the stamps are not very valuable – only worth about a buck each. The mat + frame arrangement will cost more!

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**Author:** ![stuyguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@stuyguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuyguy)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2003, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stamp-collectors-proper-way-to-mount-a-stamp-in-a-display-frame/199203/2 "2003-09-02T20:49:13Z")

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Oops.

that should read:

… (Not that these are for real collectors – they’re just token keepsakes for friends who will find the stamp design interesting. So, if the suggestions are too expensive or daunting, that’s what I’ll do.)…

Sorry.

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2003, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stamp-collectors-proper-way-to-mount-a-stamp-in-a-display-frame/199203/3 "2003-09-02T23:20:58Z")

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If you’re lucky enough to live in a town with a stamp store, buy a packet of Showguard mounts. They can tell you how to use. This is the best.

But lickng and sticking may have to work.