How do you unstick mint postage stamps that have got damp and are stuck together?

Answer 1

Just throw them in a bowl of water. After several hours, place them on a sheet of wax paper with a page of newspaper above and below the wax. Let them dry overnight. Use a gluestick to adhere the stamps to an envelope when ready to post.

Answer 2

I soak my stuck stamps in a pan of warm water.

After about 30 minutes the stamps are usually no longer stuck together.

I then take the stamp and lay them upside down on a paper towel to dry. (Gum side up.)

After they are dry I can put them, if needed, between two books or flat surfaces to smooth the stamps out.

Unfortunately, these are mint stamps and after they have been unstuck they have lost the adhesive gum that was on the back of the stamp. They can no longer be considered in stamp collector circles as Mint, but Mint No Gum.

If the mint stamps are of recent issues and are mailable you can use a glue stick to adhere them to an envelope for mailing.