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Hingeless Kiribati pages? Also, US Navy officials pages
I was hoping Lindner would offer a T-album (hingeless) for Kiribati, but
it looks like I am out of luck. From what I have seen, Lindner's "T" line is the Rolls Royce of album pages -- I love them, and when I finally make measurements of stamps in my topics (penguins and Mustelidae) I will try to design a T-Blank album for each. I know a hingeless set of pages is available (at a pretty steep price) from Palo Albums, but I don't consider that as high-quality as Lindner. Anyone know of a high-quality hingeless album for Kiribati? This may be part of the same question. I collect US Navy Department officials (as I can afford them, which means "slowly"). Lindner devotes one page to them in the US T-album. I would like one for proofs, one for specimens, one for mint ultramarine, one for used ultramarine, one for mint dull blue, and one for used dull blue -- six in all. Anyone know of a way to get six of the same page from Lindner? The only album manufacturer I have found with this sort of flexibility is -- again -- Palo. Thanks, -- Joshua H. McGee, Los Angeles, California, USA Member: APS, ATA, ISWSC, AFDCS, MBPC, MCC, BPS President: http://www.penguinstamps.org Trade?: http://www.mcgees.org/stamp-offers/ |
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Hingeless Kiribati pages? Also, US Navy officials pages
On Fri, 30 May 2008 04:02:32 +0000, Joshua McGee wrote:
I was hoping Lindner would offer a T-album (hingeless) for Kiribati I am also interested in one more kind of album page. In my dream, it would be Lindner T-Blank style (lift-away acetate page hinged to a paperboard backing) with a pocket or acetate fold near the top (say, 20% down the page) to hold the stamp/block/whatever. There would be a black border around the stamp pocket on the paper, or the user could add it. And below, there would be a larger pocket sized to hold a cert. This seems wonderful for proper display of individual pricey items. Again, guidance? I'm trying to upgrade the appearance of all my "core" collections. Some are much more difficult to find solutions for than others (Prexie sheets were easy!) Someone once asked, rhetorically, "What would you rather spend your money on: stamps or albums?" I guess he thought the obvious answer was the former. I'm ready now for the latter. If you have a roll-your-own solution that would be appropriate for someone such as I with no artistic skills (but an image editing program, perhaps), let me know, please. If I could post a survey, I would: how do you store and display your dearest items? Addendum: I have found that Subway offers clear stock pages sized for six (?) booklets -- one in vertical-format, one in horizontal -- that would work decently for display of my worldwide booklets. I think they are under the G&K (in-house) brand. Does anyone have recommendations, warnings, or alternatives? -- Joshua H. McGee, Los Angeles, California, USA Member: APS, ATA, ISWSC, AFDCS, MBPC, MCC, BPS President: http://www.penguinstamps.org Trade?: http://www.mcgees.org/stamp-offers/ |
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Hingeless Kiribati pages? Also, US Navy officials pages
On Fri, 30 May 2008 04:02:32 +0000, Joshua McGee wrote:
when I finally make measurements of stamps in my topics (penguins and Mustelidae) I will try to design a T-Blank album for each. No reason to stop responding to my own messages now! Does any general catalog list dimensions of the stamps it catalogs? That seems like *crucial* information, but Scott doesn't care, and its printed images aren't to scale. It's absurd that I have to find prepared albums to measure -- or buy the stamps themselves -- just to find out how big they are! There's no reason I couldn't be laying out my T-Blank pages on a rainy day well before all my topical stamps are purchased. I could design backing sheets (forget what Lindner calls them) printed with dark borders, information on the issues, gathered research, trivia, and what have you -- even images of the stamps -- in any desktop publishing program -- if I just knew in advance the right size to allot. I consider this negligence one of the weakest points of the Scott catalogue. Who does not neglect this? -- Joshua H. McGee, Los Angeles, California, USA Member: APS, ATA, ISWSC, AFDCS, MBPC, MCC, BPS President: http://www.penguinstamps.org Trade?: http://www.mcgees.org/stamp-offers/ |
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Hingeless Kiribati pages? Also, US Navy officials pages
Hi Joshua,
You have not mentioned it but have you looked at www.stampalbums.com ? I have a friend who uses these pages almost exclusively. The pages are made using Adobe Pagemaker which is costly. However, if you have Pagemaker, or have access to it, you can modify the pages to suit your needs ( you can download the Pagemaker or PDF file for a country ). Does any general catalog list dimensions of the stamps it catalogs? Other than the Scott's random sizing information, I don't know of any catalog that does list sizes, even the specialized catalogs trhat I use. For the countries listing new issues on the WNS site http://www.wnsstamps.ch/en/ each stamp size is given. However, the information is sketchy dependent on how often the list is updated. Issues are listed since the country registered with WNS. I use only blank pages. As I get new issues I will store them on Vario stock pages until I have what I wish to mount. I then layout the page and cut the mounts and mount the stamps. I guess with the Lindner pages you do not have to cut, or buy, mounts which is an advantage. The majority of collectors use 'standard' albums so size is not an issue. However, for those of us that make and.or use custom or blank pages it is a problem. Now that collectors are using computers to create album pages maybe the information will be forthcoming. Anyways, that is some of my ramblings on the issue. Jerry B |
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Hingeless Kiribati pages? Also, US Navy officials pages
On Fri, 30 May 2008 01:41:12 -0700, jerrybemail-rcsd wrote:
Hi Joshua, You have not mentioned it but have you looked at www.stampalbums.com ? I have a friend who uses these pages almost exclusively. The pages are made using Adobe Pagemaker which is costly. However, if you have Pagemaker, or have access to it, you can modify the pages to suit your needs ( you can download the Pagemaker or PDF file for a country ). Does any general catalog list dimensions of the stamps it catalogs? Other than the Scott's random sizing information, I don't know of any catalog that does list sizes, even the specialized catalogs trhat I use. For the countries listing new issues on the WNS site http://www.wnsstamps.ch/en/ each stamp size is given. However, the information is sketchy dependent on how often the list is updated. Issues are listed since the country registered with WNS. I use only blank pages. As I get new issues I will store them on Vario stock pages until I have what I wish to mount. I then layout the page and cut the mounts and mount the stamps. I guess with the Lindner pages you do not have to cut, or buy, mounts which is an advantage. The majority of collectors use 'standard' albums so size is not an issue. However, for those of us that make and.or use custom or blank pages it is a problem. Now that collectors are using computers to create album pages maybe the information will be forthcoming. Anyways, that is some of my ramblings on the issue. Jerry B Thank you. As far as the link you provided, in the spirit of never doing anything halfway, I have *all* of Bill Steiner's pages (stampalbums.com) printed out, on 110# card, through the year 2000. I have a worldwide collection "in the background", after all. Printing costs were in the thousands, with binder costs to match. They take up so much room, you wouldn't believe. But for things I really want to specialize in, I would like luxurious hingeless albums. I suppose I could take Steiner's pages and a weekend and chop Hawid mounts to fill all the spaces. But I would rather not. :-) With the Lindner (Rolls Royce, as I said) pages, no, you never have to cut or buy mounts, but there's a trade-off, as the pages are several dollars *apiece*. By "standard" albums you mean "please hinge here" albums (such as Scott International and Steiner's), as opposed to hingeless albums? Yes, I suppose many collectors do use them. The year that Scott adds sizes for all the stamps is the year I buy my next set of catalogues (hint, hint, to Amos representatives lurking.) Thanks for your response. -- Joshua H. McGee, Los Angeles, California, USA Member: APS, ATA, ISWSC, AFDCS, MBPC, MCC, BPS President: http://www.penguinstamps.org Trade?: http://www.mcgees.org/stamp-offers/ |
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