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Do catalog publishers ever reformat their catalogs?
Another late night - last night - always late!
Sitting at my worktable last night slipping stamps into mounts, snipping the mount, lick and stick and then on to the next one. I've often faced an irritation with this because Scott (and Minkus) and probably a lot more publishers do not allow room for a stamp in a mount. In the old bygone days when all we had available were hinges, there was plenty of room to mount stamps. Now with the added size of mounts, I find that there isn't room to slap the stamp in the proper spot. Stamps in mounts overlap the next row down or the next stamp in the same row. When there are several stamps in one row, I have to mount the stamps in the middle of the row and then move outward. This is especially true of Scott's Specialty albums. Scott makes mounts, has no one at Scott noticed that there isn't room for the mounts? The pages end up looking like crap. Does anyone know if Scott has ever reformatted their album pages. Does Scott simply make up pages for the latest issues and keep printing from old plates? Yes, I know, lots of people make up their own pages. I'm not interested in hearing about how you do so. I don't have 6 hours free time to make up a page for four or five stamps. Only a minor irritation - but I might just let it fester and get out of bounds. ;-)) Handshakes, Dakota |
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"Dakota" wrote in message om... I've often faced an irritation with this because Scott (and Minkus) and probably a lot more publishers do not allow room for a stamp in a mount. In the old bygone days when all we had available were hinges, there was plenty of room to mount stamps. Now with the added size of mounts, I find that there isn't room to slap the stamp in the proper spot. Stamps in mounts overlap the next row down or the next stamp in the same row. Why do you not just pre-mount the entire row? Doesn't help the verticle problem, but should help the horizontal one. I use clear back mounts so I can still see what is underneath (I use the Unity speciality ablum for my Canadian collection and it would be a crying shame to place black mounts over the colour pictures! Then again as a specialty album there are very wide margins for the stamps, they look good mounted or hinged. I wish I could afford to mount everything. Frank |
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"Dakota" wrote in message om... Mike: I just saw an ad in Linn's (which naturally is not near where I am right now), but I'm reasonably positive it was for a new printing of Scott pages for revenues that had been sized specifically to accommodate mounts. If Scott can do that for revenues, then it stands to reason they could (if they have not done so already) for other stamps. Whether they have or not, I can't say. Mike |
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I just saw an ad in Linn's (which naturally is not near where I am right now), but I'm reasonably positive it was for a new printing of Scott pages for revenues that had been sized specifically to accommodate mounts. If Scott can do that for revenues, then it stands to reason they could (if they have not done so already) for other stamps. Whether they have or not, I can't say. Good news to hear - at least about the revenues. Maybe others have complained to Scott about this problem - so perhaps I'm not the only one! ;-)) The seals on the mounts only add about 1-2 mm to the size of the stamp, but sometimes the spacing between rows is only 3-4mm. After the 3rd row, you've invaded the next row down. I've even used the tip of my tongs to slide down along the seams of mounts to get "just that little extra" room to insert a stamp that was a whisper too large. It's sort of a moot point as far as the albums I already have. I'm not going to dump $600 worth of specialty pages to purchase new ones, nor am I going to try and re-mount 5 thousand stamps. Still, after all this time surely someone at Scott would have noticed. I guess I could try and round up some of the old Hawid (top opening) mounts. Thanks for the post. Handshakes, Dakota |
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Mr. B:
This is especially true of Scott's Specialty albums. Scott makes mounts, has no one at Scott noticed that there isn't room for the mounts? The pages end up looking like crap. Are you using oversized mounts? When mounting stamps, mine are usually pretty close to the size of the stamp without a lot of wasted border. Nope, I'm using the closest possible size mount. Sometimes I even run the tip of my tongs along the internal seam to get a little extra space inside a 'too small' mount. It's especially bad on pages like the Wrangel issues of 1921. It's got 7 rows - 48 stamps on that single page. Dakota |
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Dakota wrote in article . .. Another late night - last night - always late! Sitting at my worktable last night slipping stamps into mounts, snipping the mount, lick and stick and then on to the next one. I've often faced an irritation with this because Scott (and Minkus) and probably a lot more publishers do not allow room for a stamp in a mount. In the old bygone days when all we had available were hinges, there was plenty of room to mount stamps. Now with the added size of mounts, I find that there isn't room to slap the stamp in the proper spot. Stamps in mounts overlap the next row down or the next stamp in the same row. When there are several stamps in one row, I have to mount the stamps in the middle of the row and then move outward. This is especially true of Scott's Specialty albums. Scott makes mounts, has no one at Scott noticed that there isn't room for the mounts? The pages end up looking like crap. Does anyone know if Scott has ever reformatted their album pages. Does Scott simply make up pages for the latest issues and keep printing from old plates? Yes, I know, lots of people make up their own pages. I'm not interested in hearing about how you do so. I don't have 6 hours free time to make up a page for four or five stamps. Only a minor irritation - but I might just let it fester and get out of bounds. ;-)) Is this thread confusing catalogue publishers with album publishers? The problem doesn't arise with the Deegam Machin Handbook since that advocates the use of Profiles to write up a collection, whether mint or used. Douglas |
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Does anyone know if Scott has ever reformatted their album pages. Does
Scott simply make up pages for the latest issues and keep printing from old plates? . ;-)) Is this thread confusing catalogue publishers with album publishers? The problem doesn't arise with the Deegam Machin Handbook since that advocates the use of Profiles to write up a collection, whether mint or used. Scott is both a catalog publisher and an album publisher. I'm not sure what you mean by 'writing up profiles'. Scott has a spot for every major issue (not always a space for every variety) in their albums - although a lot of varieties are mentioned in their catalog. On some pages Scott gets very crowded. Hence my query about them reformatting their albums. Or do I misunderstand exactly what it is you're saying? I've misnundetood things before . ;-)) Dakota Douglas |
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David F. wrote in article ... snip Sorry if I did not make myself clear. I know that some catalogue publishers also publish albums but your message did not refer to the first of these activities while your subject line mentioned nothing else. As a catalogue publisher myself I found your subject line confusing. None of the follow-up posts had any relevance for a catalogue publisher. Douglas Hey, Douglas - what about publishing a multi-part Album to hold all of the listed Machins in your Catalogue? Would it be possible? There could be a big market for something like that! David. I have considered this possibility in the past but have always decided against it. Among the reasons is the fact that some listed items are rare or scarce and to have spaces for them in a pre-printed album would simply draw attention to the woeful inadequacy of one's collection grin. This is why I invented the concept of Profiles. These are stamp-sized bits of paper which contain, in a standard format, all the textual information that makes one stamp different from another. They also contain visual information such as the phosphor layout and the exact perforation gauge plus ellipses where present. Each listed stamp has its own Profile. Profiles are then treated in exactly the same way as the stamps and mounted alongside them. Blank or computer-designed pages can be used but I prefer stock sheets (or split mounts for mint stamps) myself. This system is extremely flexible, if you don't have a stamp you don't use the Profile. (You can put these unused Profiles into another stock book and use it as a portable wants list.) If you later obtain a listed stamp you simply move the stamps to make room. `Move the stamp, move its Profile.' Douglas |
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