Australian online stamp catalogue

renster wrote in message ...
Just wondering if anyone knows of any restrictions (legal or otherwise) to
creating stamp catalogues online. I want to expand my mysql and php skills
by creating an online catalogue of australian stamps and allowing people
to
create stamp albums and trade lists. I can scan stamps images from my own
small collection and gather information from hobbyists.

I have seen a couple of sites that ask for payment but i think this sort
of
thing should be free and run by a community of enthusiasts and hobbyists.
If anyone knows of any sites that already run such a thing and I haven't
found it I would like to know about it.

Cheers

rene

Hi,
Well there is the Stanley Gibbons Allworldstamps catalogue at
http://www.allworldstamps.com/
This is essentially free.
However i don't know of any free sites for printing album pages.

I have read on this group in the past reservations about the legality of
producing copies of full size colour images of stamps online or in print,
but I don't think there was any final 'legal" opinion. It might be worth
checking into before you "burst into print"

Anyway thats my tuppence worth hope its some use to you

walter


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Well there is the Stanley Gibbons Allworldstamps catalogue at
http://www.allworldstamps.com/
This is essentially free.

Yes, I had a trial run of it and it worked well.

However i don't know of any free sites for printing album pages.


I'm not sure what you mean here. Being a novice I am sometimes get
confused with the terminology used in the newsgroup

I have read on this group in the past reservations about the legality
of producing copies of full size colour images of stamps online or in
print, but I don't think there was any final 'legal" opinion. It might
be worth checking into before you "burst into print"

I'll have to do some more hunting around. As per other online catalogues
or webpages that show stamps I would simply show scans of stamps I own.
Other people can scan their own stamps and add them to their "virtual
album" if they like. Essentially, the site would be just like with the
Stanley Gibbons Allworldstamps catalogue but with less breadth and more
specialisation, and instead be free to use.

Thanks

Originally Posted by walter

renster wrote in message ...
Just wondering if anyone knows of any restrictions (legal or otherwise) to
creating stamp catalogues online. I want to expand my mysql and php skills
by creating an online catalogue of australian stamps and allowing people
to
create stamp albums and trade lists. I can scan stamps images from my own
small collection and gather information from hobbyists.

I have seen a couple of sites that ask for payment but i think this sort
of
thing should be free and run by a community of enthusiasts and hobbyists.
If anyone knows of any sites that already run such a thing and I haven't
found it I would like to know about it.

Cheers

rene

Hi,
Well there is the Stanley Gibbons Allworldstamps catalogue at
http://www.allworldstamps.com/
This is essentially free.
However i don't know of any free sites for printing album pages.

I have read on this group in the past reservations about the legality of
producing copies of full size colour images of stamps online or in print,
but I don't think there was any final 'legal" opinion. It might be worth
checking into before you "burst into print"

Anyway thats my tuppence worth hope its some use to you

walter


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I have produced the Australian On-line catalogue at www.australianstrampcatalogue.com and have already listed all stamps from 1913 to 1995, 1996 is under production along with themes and the colonial issues, in order to produce this web-site I had to acquire permission from Australia Post, (they own the copywrite to all stamps) who not only supplied this permission, but are sponsoring my website and have supplied me with a lot of information that they required listed, my site is free for everyone, no cost all but there is advertising (namely Australia Post and a couple of people who have aided me financially , all stamp suppliers or collectors) I will NOT allow any advertising that is NOT stamp orientated,