Rodney wrote :


I have Scott's, Yvert and a couple of others,
and I hardly use them.
I still prefer hard copy for cataloguing.
I find them a little irritating to navigate, the scans borderline.
They seem to be caught between a rock and a hard place
for the production of scans, and the protection of copying them.
I like my scans at least 400dpi.
.............



Rod,

I have Scott for Australia

Yvert, Cérès and Dallay/Philatelix for France
Dallay/Philatelix for Monaco, Andorras (Fr & Spanish) and French
Antarctic Territories.

Like you, Rodney, I prefer hard copy catalogs for cataloguing.

But I do use the CDs extensively to search for stamps, knowing only some
words written on the stamp, or the face value, or the designer /engraver
of the stamp.
Scott, Cérès and above all Yvert have *very* limited search
capabilities, while Philatelix is a very nicely designed and user
friendly sofware.

Above that, scans in Philatelix are at a very high definition (~ 600
dpi)

May be, one day, they will issue a Philatelix for Australia ???
;-)

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All the best,
Pierre Courtiade
courtiade at free dot fr