clivel
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Post by clivel on Feb 9, 2024 7:15:35 GMT
Some years ago I started designing and printing pages for a US album - mainly to please myself and completed the 19th century portion. I have worked on it from time to time since and thought I would share some of the pages here. Excellent pages arborverde , thanks for sharing them. They look more like an exhibition than an album  It must have taken an enormous amount of time and effort to create your album.
Clive
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arborverde
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Post by arborverde on Feb 9, 2024 15:46:05 GMT
Some years ago I started designing and printing pages for a US album - mainly to please myself and completed the 19th century portion. I have worked on it from time to time since and thought I would share some of the pages here. Excellent pages arborverde , thanks for sharing them. They look more like an exhibition than an album It must have taken an enormous amount of time and effort to create your album.
Clive
Thanks Clivel, at the time I started the project I had a Liberty US album and wasn't happy with it. I like history and when I was in grade school I did a report on Ben Franklin and the origins of the Post Office dept, an interest that stuck with me. I started making the pages just to please myself, with no deadline, just as I had time and inclination. I was dabbling a little in postal history, reading Richard Frajola's blog and collecting Siegel auction catalogs which I suppose gave me some inspiration. The pages I posted were mostly done 15 or 20 years ago now and I am pleased to share them. |
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arborverde
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Post by arborverde on Feb 9, 2024 16:21:24 GMT
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arborverde
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Post by arborverde on Feb 9, 2024 17:13:05 GMT
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arborverde
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Post by arborverde on Feb 9, 2024 23:45:08 GMT
Thanks to all who took a look at the pages I posted above. Specific comments or criticisms would be welcome. I intended to do a page on stamp papers and another one or three on printing methods (flat plate, rotary press, offset printing, stone lithography...) and perhaps I will get around to it one of these days.
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kasvik
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Post by kasvik on Feb 10, 2024 10:31:59 GMT
Thanks to all who took a look at the pages I posted above. Specific comments or criticisms would be welcome. I intended to do a page on stamp papers and another one or three on printing methods (flat plate, rotary press, offset printing, stone lithography...) and perhaps I will get around to it one of these days.
It's rich material. Everybody will find something that resonates. For me it was creation of the American parcel post system. The impact of the UPU and public pressure in the Progressive Era, overcoming opposition from private delivery companies to create on the long-delayed parcel post system, it all seems completely contemporary. There is an insightful essay on that at the recent UPU 150th anniversary just a week ago, and a shorty at the National Postal Museum.
Keep posting. Maybe find a way to enlarge parts, or just spotlight individual stamps. |
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arborverde
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Post by arborverde on Feb 10, 2024 15:02:52 GMT
Thanks to all who took a look at the pages I posted above. Specific comments or criticisms would be welcome. I intended to do a page on stamp papers and another one or three on printing methods (flat plate, rotary press, offset printing, stone lithography...) and perhaps I will get around to it one of these days.
It's rich material. Everybody will find something that resonates. For me it was creation of the American parcel post system. The impact of the UPU and public pressure in the Progressive Era, overcoming opposition from private delivery companies to create on the long-delayed parcel post system, it all seems completely contemporary. There is an insightful essay on that at the recent UPU 150th anniversary just a week ago, and a shorty at the National Postal Museum.
Keep posting. Maybe find a way to enlarge parts, or just spotlight individual stamps.Dear Kasvik, thanks for your response and attention, however I wish to emphasize something that I stated in a comment above - the pages use images to illustrate stamp designs and usages. I was most fascinated by the development of postal services and postage stamps and their designs and wished the album to tell and illustrate this story. At the time I began this project I owned a modest collection of postally used US classic stamps. I couldn't afford and wasn't that interested in collecting mint stamps. If cost had been no object I would probably have tried to collect the classics on cover. I have since sold the most valuable portion and passed the album on to my daughter. Below is a scan of the grilled issue page with stamps mounted for you to compare. I worked a bit with Richard Doporto on his 1851 1c Franklin plating project trying to plate the stamps I had which was an interesting diversion. Hope this clarifies what the pages represent.
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arborverde
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Post by arborverde on Feb 10, 2024 15:07:49 GMT
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arborverde
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Post by arborverde on Feb 10, 2024 17:56:12 GMT
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arborverde
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Post by arborverde on Feb 10, 2024 17:56:54 GMT
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renden
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Post by renden on Feb 10, 2024 18:20:46 GMT
I really like this Jacques Cartier 1934 stamp. (Unitrade/Scott 208) So I used and modified a Lindner page with protector, added the CAPEX 78 and a copy of the real stamp (with selvage !), added 3 holes and it fits in my CANADA binder René  |
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Post by arborverde on Feb 11, 2024 21:48:58 GMT
Perhaps especially "printing" is a little busy. Not sure how clearly the information is conveyed.
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arborverde
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Post by arborverde on Feb 12, 2024 15:09:26 GMT
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arborverde
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Post by arborverde on Feb 12, 2024 16:19:53 GMT
I believe this is the last of the 'informational' pages.
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Post by classicalstamps on Feb 19, 2024 21:27:02 GMT
It is difficult to reach the final 2%. To solve some - albeit minuscule - issues with my current setup (A4 158gsm pages housed in Lighthouse Grande Binders w. slipcases), I've ordered a batch of Stanley Gibbons blank 240gsm pages: www.dauwalders.co.uk/blank-album-pages-214786-p.asp Part of what drives my OCD to "conquer the final 2%" inspire me to adopt larger format pages. To test, here's a page about the Great Britain 1840/1841 issues:  The larger format gives a much more "classic" look, compared to the pages I have posted here previously. Here's the accompanying left side page:  The larger format enables some more elegant design elements. To house the pages, I'm considering Gibbon's Kensington binders w. slipcases.  And yes, I do need to get a A3 printer. |
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arborverde
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Post by arborverde on Feb 19, 2024 23:38:02 GMT
Very nice! You might want to say "The red ink used to cancel these stamps..." or something like that. It is difficult to reach the final 2%. To solve some - albeit minuscule - issues with my current setup (A4 158gsm pages housed in Lighthouse Grande Binders w. slipcases), I've ordered a batch of Stanley Gibbons blank 240gsm pages: www.dauwalders.co.uk/blank-album-pages-214786-p.aspPart of what drives my OCD to "conquer the final 2%" inspire me to adopt larger format pages. To test, here's a page about the Great Britain 1840/1841 issues: The larger format gives a much more "classic" look, compared to the pages I have posted here previously. Here's the accompanying left side page: The larger format enables some more elegant design elements. To house the pages, I'm considering Gibbon's Kensington binders w. slipcases. And yes, I do need to get a A3 printer. |
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clivel
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Post by clivel on Feb 20, 2024 0:44:58 GMT
To solve some - albeit minuscule - issues with my current setup (A4 158gsm pages housed in Lighthouse Grande Binders w. slipcases), I've ordered a batch of Stanley Gibbons blank 240gsm pages: .... To house the pages, I'm considering Gibbon's Kensington binders w. slipcases. I am really happy with the Stanley Gibbons 22 hole blank pages and binders which I have been using for some time now. The only disadvantage for me is the cost of shipping from the UK to Canada.
Not being able to examine the pages or binders in person, I ordered the Sandringham binders and slipcases along with the 140gsm (RBL-140) pages. The binders are excellent, so I see don't see the need to change to the more expensive Kensington binders, although of course if I was able to compare them I might change my mind.
Clive
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Post by classicalstamps on Feb 21, 2024 20:01:02 GMT
I am really happy with the Stanley Gibbons 22 hole blank pages and binders which I have been using for some time now. The only disadvantage for me is the cost of shipping from the UK to Canada.
Not being able to examine the pages or binders in person, I ordered the Sandringham binders and slipcases along with the 140gsm (RBL-140) pages. The binders are excellent, so I see don't see the need to change to the more expensive Kensington binders, although of course if I was able to compare them I might change my mind.
Clive, thanks for sharing your experience. Your pages looks splendid on the RBL-140 pages. |
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Post by viking1234 on Mar 5, 2024 14:28:06 GMT
I believe this is the last of the 'informational' pages. I absolutely find it amazing what yhou done beautiful pages, you must have put at lot of work in to it also very informative, thank you for sharing. |
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arborverde
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Post by arborverde on Mar 5, 2024 16:59:30 GMT
I believe this is the last of the 'informational' pages. I absolutely find it amazing what you've done beautiful pages, you must have put at lot of work in to it also very informative, thank you for sharing. Thanks Viking, I had pleasure creating them and sharing. |
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Post by madhermit on Mar 10, 2024 13:47:25 GMT
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Post by viking1234 on Mar 28, 2024 10:50:12 GMT
I just DL clivel 's Album Easy from his homepage Album Easy figured I try to make a Steiner look a like page for my Finland Collection, just to get stareted, took me a couple of hours to read the help pages and start. I think it would be nice to have a post where Collectors using AE could show the code they use for making pages in Album Easy I would like to learn some of the tricks. Here is what I came up with. |
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Post by angore on Mar 28, 2024 11:38:16 GMT
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Post by viking1234 on Mar 28, 2024 11:48:55 GMT
Thank you, I always forget about the search function |
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clivel
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Post by clivel on Mar 29, 2024 6:33:03 GMT
I just DL clivel 's Album Easy from his homepage Album Easy figured I try to make a Steiner look a like page for my Finland Collection, just to get stareted, took me a couple of hours to read the help pages and start. I think it would be nice to have a post where Collectors using AE could show the code they use for making pages in Album Easy I would like to learn some of the tricks. You page looks great If you ever have any questions about using AE, I am always happy to help, either via the forum or by email. Clive
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Post by viking1234 on Mar 29, 2024 11:13:00 GMT
I just DL clivel 's Album Easy from his homepage Album Easy figured I try to make a Steiner look a like page for my Finland Collection, just to get stareted, took me a couple of hours to read the help pages and start. I think it would be nice to have a post where Collectors using AE could show the code they use for making pages in Album Easy I would like to learn some of the tricks. You page looks great If you ever have any questions about using AE, I am always happy to help, either via the forum or by email. Clive Thank you clivel , I have been experimenting and now I think I will try and mount some stamps to see what it looks like a small challenge with the coat of arms and the flag  |
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Post by viking1234 on Apr 9, 2024 8:12:43 GMT
I just finished my Finish pages, I made 3 so far and this is the last one I made. |
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clivel
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Post by clivel on Apr 9, 2024 15:20:09 GMT
I just finished my Finish pages, I made 3 so far and this is the last one I made.
I really like the aesthetics of your pages, it is nice to see something different from the boring black boxes that most of us use, while at the same time looking elegant.
Clive
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Post by stanley64 on Apr 9, 2024 17:11:54 GMT
Seeing your 'single-stamp' album page David BermudaSailor as shared here, has inspired me to re-think some of my own pages where I have only one example of a given RPO hammer on Canada's Imperial Penny Postage as in this example, Previously, I had always had the format: stamp (top), map (middle) and text (bottom). I will explore the idea of moving things about for some of the other pages...
Have fun and happy collecting!
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Post by daniel on May 4, 2024 1:46:46 GMT
Vintage Continent Title Pages Recently acquired just for the art work.   |
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