US Air : On Steiner Pages.

1959
Steiner Page 28.



1961
Steiner Page 23.

1967
Steiner Page 24.



1971
Steiner Page 41.

1974
Steiner Page 42.



1983
Steiner Page 54.

Unknown:
Desk Stapler holes evident on top of the prints.

US Glossy Photographic Prints.

rod222, these are what are known as publicity photos. They were created and sent out to newspapers, magazines, the philatlelic press and, I believe cachet makers, prior to a stamp's issue to familiarize the public with the design. Few were saved as most were destroyed once the stamp was issued.

Here are a couple of earlier examples.






While the black and white format is most commonly seen, there were others such as color photographs (later years), transparencies and even projector slides.

Aha.
Thank you very much Stampman.

1983
Steiner Page 54.



1989
Steiner Page 55.



1991
Steiner Page 77

I am not experienced in release of US self adhesives.
These are how they arrived over my desk.
Looks like backing has been preserved (but roughly)

I'll replace as / if new examples arrive.

1999
Steiner Page 20.



2001
Steiner Page 14.



2006
Steiner Page 16.

Exhausted my Air collection.
Carrying on in sequence "Back of Book"

Special delivery, less the expensive material.

1911
Steiner (Part) Page 78.



1944
Steiner Page 29.



1969
Steiner Page 25.

Cinderella. Possibly just a personal Phantasy.
Has remained unidentified for 12 years.
Just in case any member is aware of the P.A.R.R.O.T. Club.

Clear yellowish gum.

Rod,




What program are you using to build your Steiner pages?

Hi Postmaster.
Think I have passed this on to you before?

Stamp Page Creator.......Super simple, Clunky, If it were a schoolchild its report would read......."Shows promise"

I can create a Steiner Page in about 15 seconds, but that's where it ends,
hard to include text, has irritating peculiarities, but gets the job done.

Open source, some bright fellow should take and run with it..............

http://stamppagetor.sourceforge.net/

Rod,

That's what I thought. The only way I know of to add text to the page, other than a centered 1-liner, is to (1) add a group with no stamps and use a filler name for the group, (2) save the page as a PDF, and (3) use a PDF editor to replace the filler text with your desired text and text alignment.

I speak some Java, so let me take a look and see if it's possible to tweak the program to do it any easier.

http://stamppagetor.sourceforge.net/

Got it! Thanks Julie

Julie,
this program can be a real pain in the rump.

Will take some getting used to.

My Tips for ease of use.

1. The aim is to make a "template" and save it.
call it 0000 Julies template
(It will be saved in "my documents" folder. )
Then you should be able to make a perfect common Steiner page in seconds.

2. To make your template start with a basic page

a: go to "paper options" save the "margins" to something like 22 mm each

b: Highlight the second block... and just delete it (use the red X")

this second block causes all sorts of hassles



3. measure your stamp size and create a stamp "square" to repeat just hit the stamp icon

add lines as need be.



Once you get a "template" that suits most of your stamps, save it and you are on your way.

Post if you hit problems

PS" If your "stamp sqares" are too near the middle or bottom, and you want to move them up, just add blank lines at the bottom, and everything will move up.

Use the "style" box.. to put the text where you want it..............