Andy Pastuszak
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Post by Andy Pastuszak on Dec 12, 2021 14:27:11 GMT
In the US, the Scott Catalog has a "Back of Book" section which contains airmail, postage due. revenue and duck stamps.
These leads to albums with "Back of Book" sections.
Which I HATE.
If the USPS (or the USPOD that preceded it) issued something that goes on a product that their service delivers somewhere, then it deserves to be displayed with the rest of the stamps in the front of your collection. I see no reason to separate special delivery, postage due and airmail stamps to the back of your stamp album.
Things NOT issued by the USPS (or the USPOD that preceded it),such as revenue, tax and duck stamps I think deserve their own special section.
And now my rant about duck stamps.
The Fish and Wildlife Service is really getting greedy. They used to issue ONE duck stamp, which you bought to allow you to hunt ducks. Now they issue a junior duck and a duck stamp souvenir sheet.
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Post by brightonpete on Dec 12, 2021 16:31:26 GMT
BOB style is how I mounted my Canada. It'll be a chore to change that to a complete chronological system! I did that with Germany. But East Germany is chronological, except for their crazy definitives. I like definitives, but with all the varieties, I keep them separate.
I look at the various wildlife stamps issued in Canada and leave them alone. They aren't postage stamps, so I don't bother with them. Although, I must say that I have 1 (ONE) and only one US Duck stamp - RW10. tomiseksj had a give away a while back and I won it! But there it sits forlornly in a stockbook yet...
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Beryllium Guy
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Post by Beryllium Guy on Dec 12, 2021 16:45:04 GMT
Unless I am mistaken, I always thought that Minkus, unlike Scott, integrated the issues chronologically just as you describe Andy ( Andy Pastuszak), without the separate BOB section in both their catalogues and albums. Can't you just use those instead of Scott? I did a quick web search, and I see that Minkus is still operating, although now a part of Amos Publishing, which means Scott. Since that acquisition, have they continued to publish their album pages and catalogues in the integrated style? |
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Post by brightonpete on Dec 12, 2021 16:56:34 GMT
I just took a look at the Minkus Canada pages. They leave an awful lot of space between the printed border and the edges of the paper. I also noticed that just about everything is on backorder! I suppose it's a print-on-demand service.
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Andy Pastuszak
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Post by Andy Pastuszak on Dec 12, 2021 17:41:03 GMT
Unless I am mistaken, I always thought that Minkus, unlike Scott, integrated the issues chronologically just as you describe Andy ( Andy Pastuszak ), without the separate BOB section in both their catalogues and albums. Can't you just use those instead of Scott? I did a quick web search, and I see that Minkus is still operating, although now a part of Amos Publishing, which means Scott. Since that acquisition, have they continued to publish their album pages and catalogues in the integrated style? I'll order a Minkus supplement and check it out. |
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Post by Andy Pastuszak on Dec 12, 2021 17:59:09 GMT
I'm on Amos's website looking at Amos. It looks to be rather expensive.
1. I need to spend $21.24 on the 2020 Supplement Part 1
2. Then I need to spend $15.29 for the booklet pane supplement (Part 4), but it looks like I need to collect the whole booklet pane.
3. Then I need to get the sheetlet supplement (Part 5) for $21.24
Or am I looking at this wrong?
Also looks like Minkus pages are punched for 2 post binders, and they're oversized pages, so punching them three hole might be a little difficult.
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Post by angore on Dec 13, 2021 12:33:06 GMT
There is a distinction in Back of the Book. There stamps used for mailing (semi-postal, airmail, officials, special delivery, etc) and then there are the pure revenue stamps that pay a tax.
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Post by Beryllium Guy on Dec 13, 2021 21:56:13 GMT
Also looks like Minkus pages are punched for 2 post binders, and they're oversized pages, so punching them three hole might be a little difficult. If you just use a single-hole puncher and a template, you can easily punch holes into any size paper. Use a three-hole punched sheet as a template for positioning. |
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Post by Andy Pastuszak on Dec 14, 2021 2:54:08 GMT
Also looks like Minkus pages are punched for 2 post binders, and they're oversized pages, so punching them three hole might be a little difficult. If you just use a single-hole puncher and a template, you can easily punch holes into any size paper. Use a three-hole punched sheet as a template for positioning. That is true. I reached to Amos about the All-American. I asked them if the album was still in print, or if they're just making supplements for it. Their response was that whatever is on the website is what's available. I found out that Minkus has a description for every commemorative stamp, and the album pages are 9½"x10¼" 80# White Paper. So, it sounds like Minkus is a step up from the Minuteman. |
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Post by angore on Dec 14, 2021 10:42:15 GMT
I find the response from Amos disappointing. I keep thinking they have almost abandoned albums except for the Scott National. They mark everything backordered but may or may not say "on demand" else where. Palo is far more active in marketing their products.
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Post by Andy Pastuszak on Dec 14, 2021 14:16:19 GMT
I find the response from Amos disappointing. I keep thinking they have almost abandoned albums except for the Scott National. They mark everything backordered but may or may not say "on demand" else where. Palo is far more active in marketing their products. Amos is very good at keeping supplements going for older albums they have discontinued. With doing print-on-demand, they don't even need to maintain inventory. I think you're right that the only full albums they care about are the Scott National, the Scott Minuteman, and their country albums. But you can still get a 2020 supplement for albums like the Scott Platinum, which uses a 13 ring binder. Of course the binders are no longer available, so you probably want to move to the Scott National for future supplements at some point, so you can use a 3 ring binder. |
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