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- From: bjornmu@idt.unit.no (Bj|rn P. Munch)
- Subject: Re: STAMPS: Source for stock book?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.145400.21187@ugle.unit.no>
- Keywords: Stamps Philately supplies
- Sender: news@ugle.unit.no (NetNews Administrator)
- Organization: Div. of CS & Telematics, Norwegian Institute of Technology
- References: <sjm1.727480720@Isis.MsState.Edu> <20JAN199315314364@accvio.intel.com> <1993Jan21.101952.22404@klaava.Helsinki.FI>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 14:54:00 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan21.101952.22404@klaava.Helsinki.FI>, tolvanen@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Martti Tolvanen) writes:
- |> In <20JAN199315314364@accvio.intel.com> dmills@accvio.intel.com (Dave Mills) writes:
- |>
- |> >I'd watch out on ordering stockbooks. I have never found on that really
- |> >holds up. I assume you're referring to the type with black pages and clear
- |> >plastic strips, behid which you place the stamps. They're very
- |> >nice looking,
-
- I personally prefer white background for my stamps. One reason is
- that I can write (in pencil!) catalogue numbers in the margin.
-
- |> >but tend to fall apart over time (SHORT time). As a result, I don't have
- |> >any brand suggestions. See if you can check one out visually first, make
- |> >sure it lies flat when open, and that the binding seems good.
- |>
- |> Also beware clear strips that have a visible glue streak at the bottom.
- |> My experience is that this type of strips breaks in 10 years or less.
-
- Another problem I've noticed with some, are that the strips are so
- "loose" that they don't hold the stamps well. They keep falling out
- or tumbling over, which makes the stock book more or less unusable.
-
- |> The brand that I buy regularly and that has been lasting for more than
- |> 20 years in stock books I've seen is Leuchtturm (Lighthouse).
-
- I'll second that. I'm still actively using a Leuchtturm which is ~21
- years old (my very first album :-). They may not be the cheapest, but
- they're good.
-
- If you by a book which has the pages divided (vertically) in the
- middle, you get twice as many strips per page - useful if you want to
- sort all your duplicates by number.
-
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- Bj|rn P. Munch | Dept. of Comp. Science & Telematics,
- Bjoern.P.Munch@idt.unit.no | Norwegian Institute of Technology (NTH),
- PhD Student | N-7034 Trondheim, Norway
- Univeristy of Trondheim | Fingerable addr: bjornmu@multe.idt.unit.no
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