Minkus Supreme Global Albums (The Big Red Thread)

toss old pages. Not worth the trouble. Have seen too many ruined collections with the owners making a poor choice using old pages.

I have a couple Supremes I've picked up on ebay. It's interesting how the glassine interleaves have turned brown but do provide clearer viewing of the stamps than the newer interleaves. Reminds me of the changes "Westminster" or whatever the name of the glassine envelope maker was. The older glassines are very clear but still slightly brown with age. Then for a while they almost blocked out the image of the stamps. Now the new ones seem more clear but still not as clear as the very old ones. (Of 60 years ago).

I've often wondered if yellowed or browned glassine interleaves are somehow bad for stamps and pages. You're right though, the old ones are easier to see though.

Once pages or glassines become yellow, it's time to toss. Of course it can hurt paper stamps over time.

I've seen two references to 1974 China update in this topic. One was made by @Eric99. Can anyone shed information on when this came out, where it was sourced.

Maybe a picture or two of the pages that were included. I started with a late 60s Supreme Global and supplemented it up through 85 which is what I randomly chose as my stopping point. I painstakingly acquired every supplement and carefully posted them all.

All that said, I have been wanting to find pages or something for the earlier PRC and so far haven't found anything. I don't really want a speciality PRC album. I'm not "that" into it. So I appreciate any info and or ideas on early PRC for minkus WW.

Steve

I've been adding to my Minkus holdings recently. I picked up a 1958 edition Master from a. Hipstamp seller. It has Minkus numbers in the spaces, which was a nice surprise.

I also decided to add the Supreme Part 2 pages and placed an order with NOLA Stamp Shop. They must have had the pages in stock as they shipped in a couple days and I received them yesterday. If I recall, the Part 1 pages took a couple weeks because Amos had to print and ship them.

Dale

Are two sided pages really that bad? If you add glassine interleaves, you have defeated part of the advantage of 2 sided album pages.

I may buy an old Supreme.

Unless you use mounts instead of hinges, your stamps will embrace and mate with one another. Glassine is a necessary prophylactic.