album pages - single sided or two sided?

I tend to think this is personal preference. I usually mount only one side of page as I feel it makes things look less “ cluttered “

i do have some things mounted on both sides for smaller collections. Just make sure a good heavy paper is used. I have made the mistake of using a too light weight paper and it looked terrible.

i do not have the problem of the mounts snagging on opposite pages.

others may have different  insights on this.

david

I am a fan of one-sided for two reasons. First, I like the idea, aesthetically of keeping the gaze the same as you turn the pages instead of going right to left to right, etc. Second, I think it would be more challenging to have all the mounts lie flat on both sides of the page.

With Scott's old Junior Albums and more recent International Albums, you are stuck with mounting stamps on both sides....bummer and it does not function well and a terrific way to "injure" some items, even in mounts. For these I have "glassine" old separators for the US (done when I was younger). If one would use searators for all pages of each albums, the albums would not close   , being already too bulky when full of stamps - Solution - separate the big Countries in individual Albums (Custom or Steiner) for me.
René

thank you everyone for your comments-

the idea of "commentary on the open/left page is an interesting idea

printing on both would allow for  anr area for  large series stamps or ones with multiple variations. i am trying to decide how I'd like to display my collection as I get everything into one format-  and one possibility (where po$$ible) would be to have  a mint/unused and a canceled example of each stamp, as well as any inperf/coil/booklet position, pairs, and maybe even a block.... which I realize may sound quite "busy" to some

As I'm still sorting and saoking and catalogueing WW, I still have months to contemplate.

Whether I decide on single sided or double, I'vesettled on a heavier/light card stock and the insertable "page protectors"

so many things to consider!

Yes many options and you may decide to do something else  or see or think of something different -- more than once.

I did say I preferred right side but I did do a left/right.

If the paper is heavy enough to support stamps on both sides, the only real downside that I see is the problem of stamps on opposing pages getting hung together. Page protectors will, of course, prevent this but they also add a lot of bulk. I think it mainly comes down to personal preference. I have several single-country albums for the countries that I specialize in and they are all single sided and that’s the way I like it. I also have a set of Minkus Global Master worldwide albums that are double sided and I just don’t like the way they present the stamps. When I look at a collection, I prefer to focus on one page at a time and double sided pages just appear too “busy” for my taste. Of course single sided pages also add bulk over double sided pages but not as much, I don’t believe, as page protectors.