akommar
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Post by akommar on Mar 19, 2021 14:50:25 GMT
Hi all, I have reviewed several album pages available for download and I found that the stamps are outlined without their actual pictorial image. I was wondering if there is an analogue solution but with images? Something like what one can find at stamps.org/, e.g. stamps.org/Portals/0/albums/2009-Issues.pdf but not just the US stamps. thanks in advance |
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clivel
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What I collect: Basutoland, Bechuanaland, Rhodesias, South Africa, Swaziland, Israel to 1980, Ireland predecimal, Palestine Mandate
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Post by clivel on Mar 19, 2021 17:51:54 GMT
While looking for albums you may perhaps have came across my site www.thestampweb.com/albums/free-downloads,in which case you may not be aware that most of the albums listed there are created by many different people, some of whom prefer to include images, and others who don't. So, it very much depends on which albums you are looking for.
That being said, unless the images are much smaller than the actual stamps, I prefer albums without images.
Clive
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madbaker
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What I collect: (Mark) General worldwide collector (to 1975 or so) with a soft spot for Sweden and the rest of Scandinavia.
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Post by madbaker on Mar 19, 2021 18:02:05 GMT
Whenever I see an albumEasy album with images, I think about the labour of love by the author.
It's time consuming enough size and lay out the stamps; the folks who then source, organize and insert images, and then post them online for others to use, well, they are truly special humans.
I've only seen collector made albums with images for specific countries / time periods. Dead countries, Ukraine, Russia, and the files on AlbumEasy. Germany too, I think. But nothing more global.
PS - That being said, I don't really like the images. The first commercial album I bought when I got back into collecting was the Canada 'Unity' album with colour pictures of all stamps. They often look better than the actual stamps I have, especially the early issues.  A half filled page is confusing for me to look at.
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akommar
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Post by akommar on Mar 19, 2021 22:15:17 GMT
Thank you all for your comments. This may sound weird but I prefer using stock books rather than albums (which I inherited actually). I think having albums with images makes it easier to identify visually missing items (from the yearly set perspective). However I might be wrong since it doesn’t seem anybody else is doing this way. I will think about it, perhaps going back to good old catalogue is still the best way to analyze your collection. Thanks everyone.
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tomiseksj
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What I collect: Worldwide stamps/covers, Cinderellas, Ohio Prepaid Sales Tax Receipts, U.S. WWII Ration ephemera
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Post by tomiseksj on Mar 19, 2021 22:57:35 GMT
akommar, One problem I see with relying on an image-laden album is that the album may not provide spaces for all of the stamps issued by a given country. From my perspective, using the catalog would provide you with a more complete picture.
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angore
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What I collect: WW, focus on British Empire
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Post by angore on Mar 20, 2021 10:33:35 GMT
I am speculating the desire for images is that most catalogs are not 100% illustrated. I have to use supplemental sources like stampworld or colnect to browse images to assist with identification.
What if an album producer like Scott posted a reference collection using their album pages as a guide for every country they had pages?
As said previously, any person that adds images to self-produced album pages are truly special given the time and effort involved.
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A half filled page is confusing for me to look at. 
