oskar1
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What I collect: France, Bavaria
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Post by oskar1 on Sept 7, 2022 7:00:17 GMT
Hi All- I just recently decided to get back into stamp collecting and in particular, France. In my enthusiasm, I came across this album, or more properly album pages, covering French Liberation issues put out by Stampextras07 in Portugal. It was a bit of an impulse buy, I admit, but it just grabbed me. So, now that I have the pages, what next? Obviously punch holes for a binder but... suggestions? Also, I was looking at using hingeless mounts- do I apply them directly to the page or is there a better way? I apologize for these really basic questions but I have to start somewhere.   |
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REL1948
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What I collect: 1840-Pre-Decimal, GB and Colonies, 1840 1 penny reds, Postal Histories
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Post by REL1948 on Sept 7, 2022 9:47:11 GMT
Hello oskar1,
I'm very familiar with the Stampextras07 pages from Portugal. I've used their pages for many of the French colonies in Africa. If you go to the Home page here on TSF and scroll down through the Country listings do a search for Algeria, Cameroun or Gabon as examples. You will find my postings (REL1948) of those countries showing how I mounted my stamps using black Showgard mounts. I've never punched holes in these pages as their margins are a bit too narrow. Instead, I slip 2 of these pages back to back into one of those clear sleeves with 3 hole punches as part of the clear sleeve and mount them into a 3 ring binder. This method super protects the stamps and allows heavy handed page turning without disturbing the positioning of the stamps, they really stay put within these sleeves.
It's a lot of manual labor using the Stampextras07 pages but the end result is visually satisfying. I started out years ago by purchasing a complete set of their full color pages of all the French African colonies. In retrospect, I would not buy this style again, instead opting for their black and white pages with empty boxes. The reason is that it's difficult to see if a stamp is missing from a set because of the color printed stamps on their pages. They often give the illusion that a real stamp is actually mounted there. An example of this is in my Gabon collection. If you look at the example page below, the last 2 stamps in the set are missing (very expensive stamps) but at first glance, it looks like they're there. Personally, I would rather see a blank box to know I don't actually have those stamps yet.
I hope this helps and that I haven't discouraged you.
Rob
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oskar1
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Post by oskar1 on Sept 7, 2022 16:46:58 GMT
That's really cool! Yeah, getting the black and white pages probably would have been the better way to do but oh well. :-) So, sheet protectors is the way then. So you mount the stamps first, then slide the page into the sheet protector? I take it that you would use hingeless mounts...I would imagine you'd have to be careful sliding them so the stamps don't hang up on the sheet protector. Hmmm, food for thought. :-)
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stainlessb
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Post by stainlessb on Sept 7, 2022 17:00:54 GMT
oskar1 I use the Showgard mounts which have the backs slit atr the midpoint ( both for horizontal and vertical mounts)> I only affix the lower half, so sliding into the sheet prottectors doesn't require much special attention. And pulling out, the mounts are held down by the sheet protector. Also, only affixing half of the mount ot the page mages it much easier if I want to remove, ghange, or reposition. I have acquired collections where the mounts are completely affixed and it is a challenge to access the stamps!
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REL1948
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What I collect: 1840-Pre-Decimal, GB and Colonies, 1840 1 penny reds, Postal Histories
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Post by REL1948 on Sept 7, 2022 17:50:03 GMT
That's really cool! Yeah, getting the black and white pages probably would have been the better way to do but oh well. :-) So, sheet protectors is the way then. So you mount the stamps first, then slide the page into the sheet protector? I take it that you would use hingeless mounts...I would imagine you'd have to be careful sliding them so the stamps don't hang up on the sheet protector. Hmmm, food for thought. :-)
Cover the mounted sheet with a plain piece of paper, slide it into the sheet protector, remove the plain paper and Bobs your Uncle...
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oskar1
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What I collect: France, Bavaria
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Post by oskar1 on Sept 7, 2022 21:06:53 GMT
All good information! Thanks!  |
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oskar1
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What I collect: France, Bavaria
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Post by oskar1 on Sept 10, 2022 19:46:09 GMT
Just a progress report- it's slowly coming together...I have to buy more sheet protectors and for now I opted for a generic 3-Ring Binder that I had sitting around. As I fill it and things get going, I'll consider a more quality binder & slipcase (Lighthouse, if I can locate the US 3-Ring version?). Just flipping the pages is fascinating. But I noticed that there's no page for Lyon even though it was one of the "authorized" places for overprints...I'll have to eventually look into that...what a rabbit hole!  P.S. And then I discovered the "local" overprints- their status is sort of in a gray zone, as far as I can tell but they have all sorts of interesting markings- skulls & crossbones, etc. with a bloodthirsty theme. Amazing!  |
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stainlessb
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Post by stainlessb on Sept 10, 2022 19:57:50 GMT
I don't knopw if this will be helpful Fram Dallay 2001-2001 Also se the France Stamps thread in the #5 tab, there's a couple of posts relating to Lyons hrdoktorx is more knowledgeable about thtese than i am  |
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oskar1
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What I collect: France, Bavaria
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Post by oskar1 on Sept 27, 2022 16:28:04 GMT
Waiting on my guillotine stamp mount cutter and then there's work to be done! What a rabbit hole but it's all good. |
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