Andy Pastuszak
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Praying for my family and everyone in Ukraine.
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What I collect: United States, Ukraine, Ireland
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Post by Andy Pastuszak on Apr 21, 2014 16:14:10 GMT
I can't believe I haven't found and used this sooner... If you need good quality images of more recent stamps, you can get some real nice hi-res photos right from the website of the Universal Postal Union: www.wnsstamps.post/enHere is the US Irving Berlin stamp:  Ukraine provides really nice hi-res files to the UPU. Here's an example:  |
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Quanah
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Post by Quanah on Nov 1, 2015 18:41:57 GMT
Thanks
Any suggestions on source of pics for the classics? I have found one site but not there is a watermark type fade line across the pics.
I would like some pics for those early issues I will never obtain.
I see nice Palo-like country albums on ebay and wonder where they get the nice mint scans
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Post by jkjblue on Nov 1, 2015 19:53:01 GMT
I scan my 1840-1940 collection @ 1200, using an Epson V600. I have thousands of images on my blog site if you care to take a look.  |
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cjd
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Post by cjd on Nov 1, 2015 21:11:04 GMT
jkjblue, would you go the V600 route again?
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Jerry B
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Marietta, Georgia USA
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Post by Jerry B on Nov 1, 2015 21:29:56 GMT
Hi
WNS has 2 image sizes. When you first look at a detail there is the smaller image that they mark as -250. Click on the smaller image and you get the full image. I used to use the larger image but it took up too much disk real estate so I "down-sized " to the smaller image.
Jerry B
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Post by jkjblue on Nov 2, 2015 4:02:49 GMT
cjd- sure would. I actually do very little digital manipulation of the image itself- I like to keep the image "natural" rather than brightening it. Sometimes a 100 year old stamp looks- and should look- 100 years old.  The V600 is capable of all kinds of digital manipulation, so I certainly don't use the full capacity- but the basic scanning ( almost all @ 1200) is really fine.   |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2015 22:53:09 GMT
The Epson's are good scanners I have used them & right now I use a $59 Canon LIDE210 - I like that it powers from the USB I believe the scanner can make a difference but the key is to calibrate it with a color scheme. Scanners out of the box generally do not capture the colors. Below a Dark Green specimen with factory settings & then calibrated   I also like to put a black card stock over the white cover pad that comes with the scanner. A good program is also a bonus and for that I have never seen anything come close to ViewScan. It will also run older scanners that the manufacturer no longer supports the drivers. |
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