Show your DIY album pages

Hey angore I'm just getting caught up on this thread and wanted to say how much I love where you're headed with your "One per country" album.

I love the idea of some facts about the area and then space for each of the political entities in the space since stamps have been issued. It's how I like to think of my collection too, rather than grouping by colonial empires.

I tend to prefer your second page layout the best (2 x 2 spaces with room for larger stamps) over the four long horizontal lines, but I know I wouldn't be able to decide until I had some stamps to mount on the pages, and then I'd change my mind a few more times!

Thanks, clivel my work pales in comparison to what you have accomplished with AlbumEasy. The grid in the background was done by LaTeX, using the TikZ package. I would love to see AlbumEasy be able to print a grid on a page.

stanley64 very nice Cape Verde page only critique I have is perhaps have a little line next to each flaw saying what the flaw is. The middle one on your page I couldn't see the flaw very clearly in your greyscale image, guessing a blob on Ceres' face? So a little one line text stating the flaw might be helpful

Can you make an image for me of a grid covering most of a A4 paper-size in high resolution (suitable for 300dpi print) ?
I would be most grateful 

clivel , I think it is awesome. And based on your code it is far easier for the user than the equivalent in LaTeX which looks like this:


\documentclass[letterpaper,10pt]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[right=.75in, bottom=.75in, top=.95in, left=.75in]{geometry}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\usepackage{xfrac}
\usepackage{parskip}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{background}
\usepackage{graphicx}

\setlength{\parskip}{6pt plus 2pt minus 1pt}

\newlength\mylen
\setlength\mylen{\dimexpr\paperwidth/60\relax}

\SetBgScale{1}
\SetBgAngle{0}
\SetBgColor{gray!30}
\SetBgContents{\tikz{\draw[step=\mylen] (-.5\paperwidth,-.5\paperheight) grid (.5\paperwidth,.5\paperheight);}}

\fancyhf{}
\fancyhead{}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
\renewcommand\footrule{\begin{minipage}{1\textwidth}
\hrule width \hsize \kern 1mm
\end{minipage}\par}%

\pagestyle{fancy}

\headheight 40pt
\headsep 10pt


\begin{document}
\lhead{\Huge {\textbf{Airplanes on Stamps}}\normalsize \hrulefill\\ \hfill {\LARGE \textbf{Airbus A-310}}}
\rfoot{{\small \copyright{} alynlunt.com}}
\begin{minipage}{0.3\textwidth}
\includegraphics[width=200 px]{A310.png}
\end{minipage} \hfill \hspace*{5mm}
\begin{minipage}{0.6\textwidth}
The A310 is a wide bodied airliner manufactured by Airbus. The prototype aircraft had its first flight on April 3, 1982 and received certification on March 11, 1983.\\

There are 2 main variants the A310-200 and the A310-300\\
%\vspace{1pt}

Length: 153' 1"\\
Wingspan: 144'\\
Height: 51' 10"\\
Ceiling: 41,100'\\
Maximum Payload: 72,387 lb (A310-200); 82,217 lb (A310-300)\\
Maximum Passengers: 220 in 2 Class\\
\hspace*{34.5mm} 237 (A310-200); 265 (A310-300)single class\\
Range: 3,500nm  (A310-200); 5,150 nm (A310-300)\\
Speed: Mach 0.8 Cruise; Mach 0.84 Max Operating
\end{minipage}

\newpage
\hfill

\end{document}


Thanks you both, 

iswscwebmaster and brightonpete

Looks good, hopefully it prints clear on the page

Having finished updating Singapore listings at Colnect to reflect listings in the Specialized ISC/Tan catalogue, I have now gone back to making pages for my Canada collection. Finished Volume I, which ended with George V's reign in 1935, so now volume II starts with one of my favorite issues of Canada ever - the MUFTIs!!!

Have finished the first three pages, which completes the Muftis and up to the Royal Visit of 1939. As usual I try to go as strict chronological as possible, so Special Delivery and 5-Hole OHMS perfins are mixed in. According to Gibbons, the 4-Hole OHMS Perfins only begin on 1 July 1939, so that will be the next section to work on.

On a roll now. Tonight took me from 1948 to the end of 1953, with the Wilding George VI and Karsh Elizabeth II series done, as well as the transition from Perforated OHMS to Overprint OHMS to Overprint G. Up to 17 pages for Volume II