Andy Pastuszak
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Post by Andy Pastuszak on Feb 10, 2014 0:12:57 GMT
Ok, I've been hacking album pages for a while now, mostly because I think what I want in an album doesn't exist. Here's is my list of requirements for a US Stamp Album. Since I don't have access to EVERY stamp album out there, I'd see if someone might own an album that fits the bill that I never heard of.
The List:
Required:
1. Se-Tenants always connected and no requirement to mount them connected and disconnected
2. Every Major Scott Number Represented
3. Coils not in pairs
4. Paper a little heavier than standard 20 lb. printer/copier paper
5. Anything that lies flat. No 2 post binders.
Nice to have:
1. Descriptions
From my above list, I have looked at:
White Ace Complete - Have to break up se-tenants and mount them connected and disconnected
White Ace Simplified - Doesn't have all major Scott Catalog numbe3rs
Scott Minuteman - Paper way too thin
Mystic Heirloom - Se-tenants disconnected
Scott National - Coil Pairs
I don't know how other albums stack up.
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Post by jkjblue on Feb 10, 2014 3:34:10 GMT
Have you looked at Steiner? I checked the classic U.S. era 1847-1940, and the coil spaces only require one stamp. All the major Scott numbers have a space. And, since you print out the pages yourself, or have a printer do it for you, you can have any weight paper you want.  |
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tomiseksj
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Post by tomiseksj on Feb 10, 2014 3:47:10 GMT
Scott's National has spaces for both coil singles and coil pairs (on separate pages). If you only wnat to collect coil singles, remove the pages for the pairs.
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Andy Pastuszak
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Post by Andy Pastuszak on Jun 30, 2014 1:24:07 GMT
I wish the Scott National had descriptions. I boggles my mind that they write descriptions for their Minuteman album, but can't include descriptions in their premiere line of catalogs.
I absolutely LOVE White Ace albums, but I don't want to mount se-tenants connected and disconnected. To get the White Ace layout I want, I would have to buy both the complete and simplified albums. Their supplements are expensive enough as it is.
As for Steiner. I wish Bill provided the original files for editing. There are small tweaks I'd like to do to the pages to make them just a tiny bit fancy, mostly just bolding the country name at the top of the page.
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Jerry B
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Post by Jerry B on Jun 30, 2014 6:36:48 GMT
Hi Andy I seem to remember Steiner offered original pages at one time. However, you did need to use the same software he uses to edit the pages. I had a friend who was editing Steiner's pages. I don't know if he had the originals. I do know that he was a fan of Microsoft Publisher and maybe he was using that somehow. Unfortunately he passed away last year and I cannot ask him. This is what he may have done based on questions he had asked me: 1. Convert PDF to WORD There are a lot of free online converters, some excellent and some not so good. Insert the following into Google free online PDF to Word This one seems to be pretty good, although it may be slow: www.pdfonline.com/pdf-to-word-converter/2. Import WORD into Publisher which function, according to Microsoft, is built into Publisher. So it probably is possible to edit the pages with a little bit of work. If it is legal to do so is your decision. I tried a small PDF with Graphics and Text and the converter did a great job in preserving everything. It does create an RTF (Rich Text File) but all one has to do is open that with WORD and save as a DOC or DOCX. Maybe Publisher will import RTF since the Format is Microsoft's anyways. Jerry B |
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Andy Pastuszak
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Post by Andy Pastuszak on Jun 30, 2014 12:14:56 GMT
Hi Andy I seem to remember Steiner offered original pages at one time. However, you did need to use the same software he uses to edit the pages. I had a friend who was editing Steiner's pages. I don't know if he had the originals. I do know that he was a fan of Microsoft Publisher and maybe he was using that somehow. Unfortunately he passed away last year and I cannot ask him. This is what he may have done based on questions he had asked me: 1. Convert PDF to WORD There are a lot of free online converters, some excellent and some not so good. Insert the following into Google free online PDF to Word This one seems to be pretty good, although it may be slow: www.pdfonline.com/pdf-to-word-converter/2. Import WORD into Publisher which function, according to Microsoft, is built into Publisher. So it probably is possible to edit the pages with a little bit of work. If it is legal to do so is your decision. I tried a small PDF with Graphics and Text and the converter did a great job in preserving everything. It does create an RTF (Rich Text File) but all one has to do is open that with WORD and save as a DOC or DOCX. Maybe Publisher will import RTF since the Format is Microsoft's anyways. Jerry B I paid for the pages, so I can legally do with them as I please. I should give MS Publisher a shot, just for conversion. |
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