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Post by smauggie on Jul 30, 2017 14:22:31 GMT
Right now my US stamp "album" consists of three binders (Vario G Black) with Vario stockpages in them. I thought as a way to divide up the BOB binder and to not be staring and a vario stock page right when you open it up, to create header pages for each Scott catalog category (B for semi-postal, C for airmail, etc.). Here is a screenshot of two pages I made today. Has anyone else done this? I figure if I switch to Steiner or Album Easy home-made pages I can still keep these pages and incorporate them into the album. The giant fancy letters I found via Google image search. I also looked for free fonts which seemed to match up in some aesthetic way with the fancy letters.  |
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angore
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What I collect: WW, focus on British Empire
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Post by angore on Jul 31, 2017 11:37:11 GMT
My US collection is in over 11 binders (do not like stuffed binders). I have been thinking about a cover page (also protector) for the first page. I may just print something but nothing ornate like you with a volume number since I sometimes redistribute the pages. There are some issues in page protectors or vario pages until I create a page to mount them.
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Post by smauggie on Jul 31, 2017 13:15:17 GMT
I suspect you are using smaller binders than me. Your US collection may also be in a better state of completion than mine as well. If I think really hard about it I think I might be able to say that I have 5-6% of all US stamps in my collection (including all BOB except specimens, proofs, essays and territories). All in all I will have the letters A-C, E-F, J-L, O-R and W. Postal stationery (the letter U) is kept in different albums.
Of course some letters have a prefix (1L for locals for example) or a suffix (RB thru RW for revenue stamps). At this point I intend only to do one page for each major letter. I will need a separate header page for CVP which does not fall under the "C" air post category.
There are other considerations . . Scott lists local official seals with the USPO/USPS official seals (OX) but they have the Scott prefix of LOX. Do they go with officials or locals? I think for now I will keep them with officials though in truth I only have one LOX example.
I guess you can tell that I like to have a philosophy of sorts about how I assemble my albums.
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angore
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Post by angore on Jul 31, 2017 15:23:43 GMT
My US collection is mostly general issues and airmails - very little beyond that so not dealing with the BOB areas.
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