Most Attractive Souvenir Sheet

James - I had the same issue with the souvenir sheets and full panes. I didn't want to put out the money for individual mounts for all of these various sizes so I just went to the local office supply store and bought those archival quality sheet protectors. I have one three ring binder that is full of these. And I'm almost to the point that I'm needing to start a second binder. The idea did cross my mind to just put these sheets in my album where those stamps would be. But when I actually did it I found out that the sheet protectors were larger than the standard 8.5x11 inch album page. As a result there was some overhang. I didn't want to run the risk of the SS getting bent if it overhung the regular pages (even though it was inside the page protector). That's when I decided to just house them all in one separate binder. It's not the best solution but it seems to work for me.

I knew that I had a few other SS's laying around somewhere so I did a little looking this morning and found this one from Germany. Again, I like it in it's simplicity. (I just realized I named this file incorrectly - not that anyone would really notice - should have been B90, not B102. B102 was the SS directly under this one in my album)

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Thanks for the suggestion Ron. The problem is (and it's problem I've created for myself ) is my album pages are half size, that is half an 8/5 x 11 sheet. I'm using these small size accounting (I think) binders I got when I was a kid from my Dad. I really like the compact size and when I make my own pages I get two sheets out of one. Clever I thought, but obviously I've clevered myself into a bit of a corner for larger items. I'm anal enough that I'd like to keep the sheets with my US collection, in chronological order (cripes, listen to me! Could I be more retentive?)
I might have to look for some lager mounts. Meanwhile the sheets reside in a stock book, looking dejected.

Since my focus lately has been Czechoslovakia I've been on the lookout for more SS's from there. I came across this one. It is outside the classics date range but I like it nonetheless. I'm thinking about buying it but I can't seem to find it in Scott's... Don't know why the original owner chose to write on the front of it in pencil. I'm sure that number is a catalog number but it's not a Scott number.

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Ron, that's Scott B158 for the 1946 SS.

Thanks for the ID litho... What's sad is that I looked in the semi-postal section of Scott's and looked right over it. Looked at every stamp but obviously not that one. The auction price for that sheet is $1.32. The catalog price as of 2006(my set of Scott's) was $1.00 mint or used. Don't know how much has changed with the value since then. Given that there is marking on the front I'm undecided if I want to bite on it. But.....I do like it....

The 2011 Scott lists it at $1.50 mint or used.

That pencil marking shouldn't be a problem with a soft eraser.

Thanks again for the info litho. Since I now had it's number I did some other searching and found a mint copy for 66 cents. And bought it!