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I currently have nine Lighthouse stock books, most of them stuffed with stamps I've accumulated for several collections. I'm thinking of moving some of those stamps from the stock books to album pages that I can download and print (and possible manipulate to some extent). For example, I've got many German, Italian, Japanese, and Russian stamps issued during the Second World War). The U.S. issued very few, and Great Britain almost none. Nevertheless I'd like to get them on album pages.
I know that there are at least a few free sets of album pages available to download. What I think I'd like to do is download, say, an album for Germany, cherry pick the pages I need, and print and hinge and use mounts to my heart's content. Is that feasible?
I would appreciate your comments and recommendations for the best pages to use. I use an Apple computer and have a good printer.
Bob
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Bob, I'm an old fashioned collector with old fashioned albums. Of course back in the day these albums were affordable, when I see the prices for newer ones it's a real shock!! Best of luck with whatever you decide to do. A couple of my older albums, due to huge amounts of use, were coming apart. Thank G#% for duct tape!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWzPCLcb ...
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Since some of my countries focus specifically on WWI/WWII/Occupation/Holocaust themes I convert my Steiner PDF pages to PPT then add/delete/adjust accordingly to get what I want, also including more dialogue/description as desired.
Lots more work, but more appropriate to my needs.
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can't help with albums; I'm clueless and not particularly worried that I am
I just wanted to jump in as one of your web fans more to let others know they are worth a look. I was hooked with the first one I read on Joe and the Hampden bomber
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Great video for dealing with highway potholes, not practical, but great entertainment!
Jerrel
P.S. Regarding albums I mostly use Scott Hingeless albums from the late 1970's when I can find them (currently have USA, Canada, Finland, Sweden, Mexico 1944-1990 and one Scott page set for Netherland through 1948 plus Scott International albums from 1840 to 1963 in active use. Lately I have used a few alternatives for some newer collections with country collections added using Lighthouse albums for USA, Borek albums for Germany, and Safe albums for modern Japan plus stockbook usage for South Korea and Syria collections. I have collected some absolutely beautiful Frank Godden albums to use for special projects but the effort required in getting started with use of the albums has stymied their use to date. I have, also, printed off the Smithsonian Stamp for Every Country albums and used them for two collections. One of the Smithsonian albums was bound using wire bindings at Office Depot which was filled to completion and the other was added to a 3-ring binder and is very slowly being filled. I, also, have three Davos albums used for modern Finland and Norway collections.
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I cannot see how using a commercial album works for a narrow subject such as stamps related to WWII. I would go the Album Easy software approach and create your own. There are enough example pages with code so much is just copying and then tweaking stamps box size.
See this thread https://stamporama.com/discboard/disc_ma ...
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"and Russian stamps issued during the Second World War)."
I am thinking of getting rid of my Russian collection. Housed in 2 multilingual albums, and a number of custom made Steiners for more modern era...cannot remember who made the albums, but they are impressive looking and in good condition.
(And they are currently in storage, with the rest of East Europe)
Message me if interested, and I will go grab some pictures. I could remove the stamps if you just wanted the album, or alternatively use the collection to fill your empty slots...to be discussed. (I had also spent some time to get the S/S to fill in the pages).
As I am downsizing, I had plans to schedule a visit from one of my favorite dealers to take his pick..around the end of April, which is WESTPEX, so give it a thought.
Message me, and give me an emails for photo attachments
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Bob,
I started with White Ace album pages (for U.S.) and made additions/corrections/deletions as I saw fit using a graphics tool (like PhotoShop) to create my own pages as needed and printed them on the blank pages from White Ace. I liked the consistency.
I used the standard pages with minor adjustments for much of Commemoratives and Airmail.
For my OFEC album, I started with the Smithsonian "A Stamp for Every Country" pdf file and made changes as I deemed necessary, again using a graphics software program.
Finally, for my Topical, I used blank White Ace topical pages and printed all of the pages from scratch.
As far as web sites, I find it useful for sharing and insurance purposes to have all of my pages online. I just created a fairly simple site structure where I can easily scan a page that has a new addition and update the web site.
All of my stuff is accessible at the link below. Most of it is up-to-date, but I have made a lot of purchases recently for my topical so those pages will see some updates soon. (I also plan to add some research info, but that will not be anytime soon).
Hope this helps!
Lars
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BOB, about Russia, see above correction: 3 albums
3 SCHAWBEK albums
Vol 1 #Sc 1 -2030, to 1957
Vol2 #Sc 2032-3688 1958-1969
Vol 3 #Sc 3689-4633 1970-1977
These are heavy high end albums, but they are not hingeless.
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I have long resisted using proprietary stamp albums, ever since I realized that I actually didn't like a lot of stamps that I was "supposed" to fill pages with. That was when I started designing my own pages, "writing up" the stamps that were featured on each page. That was time-consuming, and only lasted until our son taught his mom and me to create web pages. And now even web pages are proving not to have a lot of "bang for the buck" (hours and hours of writing and formatting and testing in return for almost non-existent readership). I know it's not the quality of my web pages; on the odd occasion when people land on my pages and actually read them, I get compliments and sometimes even make Internet friends.
I currently have nine Lighthouse stock books, most of them stuffed with stamps I've accumulated for several collections. I'm thinking of moving some of those stamps from the stock books to album pages that I can download and print (and possible manipulate to some extent). For example, I've got many German, Italian, Japanese, and Russian stamps issued during the Second World War). The U.S. issued very few, and Great Britain almost none. Nevertheless I'd like to get them on album pages.
I know that there are at least a few free sets of album pages available to download. What I think I'd like to do is download, say, an album for Germany, cherry pick the pages I need, and print and hinge and use mounts to my heart's content. Is that feasible?
I would appreciate your comments and recommendations for the best pages to use. I use an Apple computer and have a good printer.
Bob
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re: Out with homemade album pages, out with websites, in with proprietary albums (I think)
Bob, I'm an old fashioned collector with old fashioned albums. Of course back in the day these albums were affordable, when I see the prices for newer ones it's a real shock!! Best of luck with whatever you decide to do. A couple of my older albums, due to huge amounts of use, were coming apart. Thank G#% for duct tape!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWzPCLcb ...
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re: Out with homemade album pages, out with websites, in with proprietary albums (I think)
Since some of my countries focus specifically on WWI/WWII/Occupation/Holocaust themes I convert my Steiner PDF pages to PPT then add/delete/adjust accordingly to get what I want, also including more dialogue/description as desired.
Lots more work, but more appropriate to my needs.
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re: Out with homemade album pages, out with websites, in with proprietary albums (I think)
can't help with albums; I'm clueless and not particularly worried that I am
I just wanted to jump in as one of your web fans more to let others know they are worth a look. I was hooked with the first one I read on Joe and the Hampden bomber
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re: Out with homemade album pages, out with websites, in with proprietary albums (I think)
Great video for dealing with highway potholes, not practical, but great entertainment!
Jerrel
P.S. Regarding albums I mostly use Scott Hingeless albums from the late 1970's when I can find them (currently have USA, Canada, Finland, Sweden, Mexico 1944-1990 and one Scott page set for Netherland through 1948 plus Scott International albums from 1840 to 1963 in active use. Lately I have used a few alternatives for some newer collections with country collections added using Lighthouse albums for USA, Borek albums for Germany, and Safe albums for modern Japan plus stockbook usage for South Korea and Syria collections. I have collected some absolutely beautiful Frank Godden albums to use for special projects but the effort required in getting started with use of the albums has stymied their use to date. I have, also, printed off the Smithsonian Stamp for Every Country albums and used them for two collections. One of the Smithsonian albums was bound using wire bindings at Office Depot which was filled to completion and the other was added to a 3-ring binder and is very slowly being filled. I, also, have three Davos albums used for modern Finland and Norway collections.
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re: Out with homemade album pages, out with websites, in with proprietary albums (I think)
I cannot see how using a commercial album works for a narrow subject such as stamps related to WWII. I would go the Album Easy software approach and create your own. There are enough example pages with code so much is just copying and then tweaking stamps box size.
See this thread https://stamporama.com/discboard/disc_ma ...
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re: Out with homemade album pages, out with websites, in with proprietary albums (I think)
Bob:
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"and Russian stamps issued during the Second World War)."
I am thinking of getting rid of my Russian collection. Housed in 2 multilingual albums, and a number of custom made Steiners for more modern era...cannot remember who made the albums, but they are impressive looking and in good condition.
(And they are currently in storage, with the rest of East Europe)
Message me if interested, and I will go grab some pictures. I could remove the stamps if you just wanted the album, or alternatively use the collection to fill your empty slots...to be discussed. (I had also spent some time to get the S/S to fill in the pages).
As I am downsizing, I had plans to schedule a visit from one of my favorite dealers to take his pick..around the end of April, which is WESTPEX, so give it a thought.
Message me, and give me an emails for photo attachments
rrr...
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re: Out with homemade album pages, out with websites, in with proprietary albums (I think)
Bob,
I started with White Ace album pages (for U.S.) and made additions/corrections/deletions as I saw fit using a graphics tool (like PhotoShop) to create my own pages as needed and printed them on the blank pages from White Ace. I liked the consistency.
I used the standard pages with minor adjustments for much of Commemoratives and Airmail.
For my OFEC album, I started with the Smithsonian "A Stamp for Every Country" pdf file and made changes as I deemed necessary, again using a graphics software program.
Finally, for my Topical, I used blank White Ace topical pages and printed all of the pages from scratch.
As far as web sites, I find it useful for sharing and insurance purposes to have all of my pages online. I just created a fairly simple site structure where I can easily scan a page that has a new addition and update the web site.
All of my stuff is accessible at the link below. Most of it is up-to-date, but I have made a lot of purchases recently for my topical so those pages will see some updates soon. (I also plan to add some research info, but that will not be anytime soon).
Hope this helps!
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re: Out with homemade album pages, out with websites, in with proprietary albums (I think)
BOB, about Russia, see above correction: 3 albums
3 SCHAWBEK albums
Vol 1 #Sc 1 -2030, to 1957
Vol2 #Sc 2032-3688 1958-1969
Vol 3 #Sc 3689-4633 1970-1977
These are heavy high end albums, but they are not hingeless.
rrr...
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