Digital Album - Presenting Stamps On Digital Album Pages

Ah sorry. I did indeed not understand.
Don

no worries, Don. I think your kind of digital presentation is excellent too

DCStamps - Really some beautiful and informative presentations. Applause. It really demonstrates some of the benefits going this route.


I will switch the topic of the thread slightly.
One very interesting possibilities in digital collections that cannot be matched in proper albums/real life - is the possibility to make sub-collections - and let one single stamp take part in several 'collections' at the same time.

e.g - Personnaly I think forerunners is a very interesting field. However it's kind of frustrating that they are kept in my stockbooks by it's relevant country (of cancellation/postmark), so the forerunners get scattered all around the albums without really making any impression. So, I am planning for a digital collection dedicated for forerunners only, where all the forerunners for all the empires will be scanned and finally be 'collected'. Almost can't wait.

Probably most of us have some special fields of interest which could benefit from the option to make such subcollections (digitally), whilst still storing the actual stamps 'where they belong' E.g an album only for perfins, zeppeliners, blocks-of-four, specimens, tete-beche, script cancellations, Elvis or whatever?

Has anybody already made - or is planning to make - such a digital subcollection? What would be the topic if you did?

I find this to be an interesting possibility. I am thinking as a possibility a set of real albums, supplemented with digital subcollections depending on the collector's evolving interests. As in DCStamps' examples, the presentation of the digital albums can be enhanced beyond what can be achieved in regular albums.

In looking at this thread it is simply amazing what you all have done do to make what could be plain album into a rich information source or history lesson. There are already sources of digitized published publications out there. These are called catalogs. But from sharing ones love of the hobby to a greater audience through digital pages such as these I am in awe.

I think it have to be informative or else it's just a plain show off of stamps.

Area66 - I am curious - does this information-criteria of yours apply for digital collections and not for 'normal' collections - or does it apply for any kind of collection? I do not see the difference

It's apply for something you publish, in this case the WEB . I don't publish my stamps albums, they are in my vault at home . DcStamps make something informative, many persons never hear about those countries. All true Philippines .....my wife is Filipina and she still much alive, lol, ClassicalStamps is also a very good exemple of an informative website.

area66 says:



Actually developing digital albums is a way of doing both. Informing and sharing your collection with others. I (like probably most collectors) enjoy sharing their collection with others who have a similar interest. Otherwise it doesn't do much good just sitting on the shelf collecting dust.

In the beginning, I created DCStamps as a way of helping organize my collection, and recording what I learned about those "obscure" countries which don't exist anymore. In doing this, I became very interested in the history of those "countries" and discovered that stamps are a great way of helping tell that history.

As for my actual stamps? They are safely tucked away in stockbooks. As for digitally organizing my entire Dead Country collection (which I routinely add to) I am about 40% done. However, my organizing is a little more complex than most, as I have to scan the stamps, design the album, research the stamps, research and write up a history of the country and place it all on my site.

By the Way - here is my vault.

Area66,
So to get you straight, you are saying the 'informative-criteria' applies for any collection that is to be presented, regardless whether it is 'digital' or not. (?) That is fair enough then, but if so I think your argument is not specifically relevant for this particular thread (concerning digital collections). Anyone can show off their stamps if they like anyway, whether it is a 'normal' collection or a digital one, can't they?

In any case, I do not see anything wrong in that. I think it is OK that someone like to exhibit their work - informative or not. Neither do I see any difference if they exhibit their stuff on regular stamp shows or on the web. I admit I love to look at any collection - I find it very inspiring to see what others have achieved.

Yes, I agree it might be considered as a 'show-off'. So? Either way I like the girls without a 'show-off' attitude - and I also like the ones that do 'show-off'... So to be just I guess I have to allow the same kind of flexibility towards my fellow stamp collectors

To bring the topic back to the original track concerning digital collections.... My intention for promoting digital collections is definitively not for the 'show-off' aspect - rather all the possibilities it allows. And for the ones that do enjoy to show off - good for them!

You do what you want, but me I like to sort and organize stamps. I don't see myself looking at others stamps on the WEB if it's not to learn something. Beside you have some security issue too "….look our neighbour as a huge collection of stamps, some worth $ 1000. "

DCStamps - I hope your neighbor is not looking

Please - does anybody know if the Steiner pages can be used as a starting point on which to build a digital collection? More specifically - if it is possible to modify the Steiner pages including inserting images, text boxes etc ?

How many time I have to say it, with LibreOffice Draw you can open Steiner PDF and do what you want with it after .

https://www.libreoffice.org/downloa...ffice-fresh/

that's the page I print for my Sweden, as you notice I removed few high value stamps, now the images are smaller, I don't want see them when I place a real stamps over it, it's not a virtual page

If you order Steiner choose the option at $ 40 ( cd + download ) , it give you the CD and the right to download for a year, it's very anoying to download all those small files 1 by 1 to save only $ 10

Area66,
ahhh sorry, did not realize...and you had actually already demonstrated that the Steiner pages could indeed be utilized... That is most helpful, thanks

So, fine - here I am offshore trying to download libreoffice on an EXTREMELY slow internet connection- remaining time for download says 3 hrs...