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Post by Andy Pastuszak on Aug 19, 2013 18:41:39 GMT
So, one of my obsessions in stamp collecting is that I make sure se-tenants stay together. With my choice of the Mystic Heirloom stamp album, this can be quite the challenge at times. So, for the pages that Mystic got wrong, I make my own as drop in replacement, with proper descriptions on the back. So, I just finished "fixing" page 609, which broke up the Olympian and Indian Headdress se-tenant. The files can he found here: stamphacks.com/wp/?p=815Here's a picture of the page  I have completely given up on the idea of taking the perfs off the image. Too much work for something that will be hidden once the stamp is mounted. |
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Post by Philatarium on Aug 19, 2013 19:58:28 GMT
Andy - I may be missing something, but couldn't you do a very tight crop to get rid of the perfs? If you'd like, send me the image (whatever format it's in), and I'll have a go at it. (My email should be in my profile. Let me know if it's not.)
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Post by Andy Pastuszak on Aug 19, 2013 20:07:40 GMT
For se-tenants, you need to crop around the whole se-tenant, and then in between each stamp. It's not a big deal, but is it really worth the effort, if you're just going to mount a stamp over the picture any way?
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Post by I.L.S. on Aug 19, 2013 20:33:40 GMT
That's pretty amazing that you can do that stuff to begin with Andy! I like them.
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Post by Andy Pastuszak on Aug 19, 2013 20:37:31 GMT
It's not that hard. Just takes a ruler and some time. Now as long as Mystic doesn't hunt me down, we'll be OK.
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Post by I.L.S. on Aug 21, 2013 10:16:13 GMT
As I stated I think it's a wonderful idea and skill set to do stuff like that. The page that has always really bothered me is the page with the spot for the Scott #613 (W.G.Harding) and the fact that there is only like a bakers dozen +/- known and certified? I'd love to see that page amended/fixed. It's page No. 131 in my album but I do realize that pages numbers change in these albums with all the additions that Mystic makes. Anyhow that's my pet-peeve about it.
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Post by Andy Pastuszak on Aug 21, 2013 12:08:04 GMT
So, you want 613 removed from the page?
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Post by I.L.S. on Aug 21, 2013 12:24:57 GMT
yes. it's annoying to have a blank spot for a stamp you'll probably never even get to see let alone slapping a hinge on it and smacking it in your album you know? lol It's almost paramount to the "Z grill" or the inverted Jenny! Why I ask, why is there a blank spot right there? **OK I'll step off my soapbox now!**  |
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Post by Andy Pastuszak on Aug 21, 2013 12:27:29 GMT
The other option is to leave it there, but have a color picture.
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Post by I.L.S. on Aug 21, 2013 12:31:39 GMT
No I'd know it was there. I'll just put a #612 there and mark it accordingly.
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Post by Andy Pastuszak on Aug 21, 2013 23:34:30 GMT
ILS, How's this look?  |
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Post by I.L.S. on Aug 22, 2013 9:29:04 GMT
WOW that looks great! Dare I print it out and use it? Sorry it took so long to reply I been sick as a dog lately.
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Post by Andy Pastuszak on Aug 22, 2013 11:19:34 GMT
Not yet. That's pretty low res. Let me get the descriptions on the back and make a PDF for you. I'll try and finish it tonight.
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Post by I.L.S. on Aug 22, 2013 13:12:51 GMT
you don't have to do that after all they're just going to get covered over with stamps.
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Post by Andy Pastuszak on Aug 23, 2013 2:49:39 GMT
you don't have to do that after all they're just going to get covered over with stamps. The descriptions on the BACK of the page. You need those, so you have descriptions of the stamps on the next page. |
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Post by I.L.S. on Aug 23, 2013 9:55:38 GMT
Oh yeah right. I forgot about that. Thank you.
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Post by Andy Pastuszak on Aug 25, 2013 3:47:23 GMT
Got the back done. Front:  Back:  I'll post PDFs you can print tomorrow. |
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Post by I.L.S. on Aug 25, 2013 10:25:28 GMT
They're beautiful! Wow!!! that's really impressive Andy! Thank you Soooooooo much!!
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Post by Andy Pastuszak on Aug 25, 2013 12:31:32 GMT
I'll post the product on my blog for the world to consume sometime later today and post a link here.
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Post by Andy Pastuszak on Aug 25, 2013 14:11:17 GMT
Ok, here we go. The public release of the Mystic Heirloom Page 131 hack! stamphacks.com/wp/?p=821You can either print a page with Scott #613 completely removed:  Or with a picture of the stamp on the page:  Enjoy! |
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Post by I.L.S. on Aug 25, 2013 18:39:48 GMT
Hey now! Thank you Andy!! All fixed up now just gotta detach and move stamps now!  |
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Post by Andy Pastuszak on Aug 25, 2013 21:56:55 GMT
Glad I could help!
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Post by I.L.S. on Aug 26, 2013 10:15:37 GMT
Me too!
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Post by Andy Pastuszak on Dec 4, 2013 1:43:24 GMT
Anyone else need any Mystic pages fixed. I have off next Monday and Friday and hope to be hacking pages at least for an hour or two next week.
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