Dry book

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A drying book is a book-shaped aid for stamp collectors for drying detached stamps . A dry book has the advantage over a conventionally printed old book that the stamps do not stick to the book pages so easily and that no printing ink can get onto the stamps.

The inside of a dry book or dry book consists of thick blotting paper . The postage stamps, detached and pre-dried in a water bath, are placed between these pages in order to remove any remaining water from the stamps and to dry them evenly. Particular care should be taken to ensure that there are no residues of the gum on the stamps and that the stamps placed between two pages do not overlap. Otherwise the stamps could stick to each other or to the inside of the dry booklet while drying.

So that the stamps stay smooth and not wavy, the dry book can be weighted down with additional books. The stamps are dry after about 24 hours and can be carefully removed.

An alternative to the dry book is the electric dry press .