Digital Album - Presenting Stamps On Digital Album Pages

I just found these. I played around with graphic heavy pages at one time (I still do once in a while) and here are a couple of examples I came up with. I was only semi-happy with them, which was why I didn't continue with them.

DCStamps - I really like your graphic pages Well done. In my opinion the grphics gives the collection another dimension - lifting the hobby from only being about the stamps to also include the history and atmosphere of the time and place for which the stamps were in use.

btw - I am already using vario's when scanning Excuse my unclear english which you might have misunderstood... I tried to say that I wished I could have avoided the pain and hazzle of shifting the stamps into vario sheets (and back again!) for scanning.... thanks for your kind tip anyway!

Inspired by your great digital pages, I was thinking to share some examples of my own. Still working on powerpoint only. (Please - I simply share this stuff in the purpose to inspire or tease others into trying this digital thing, really not intending to show-off...)

Your Sweden Albums look fantastic. Nice job!!

Regarding my "graphically heavy" albums. The reason I wasn't satisfied is that I thought the background totally overwhelmed the stamps and any of the information. Maybe if I spend the time to be a little more subtle (e.g. lightening the background and putting more background behind the text) I could get it right (such as yours).

I have so many more albums to go that I just haven't taken the time to "pretty" them up. But one of these days I will look at redesigning them appropriately.

Thanks for sharing
Michael

Jon- those digital pages are great- wow!

Jim - Thanks for the compliment. I just now completed the pages thru 1903, and I realize I really enjoy the process. It adds both more creativity and elements of history etc into our hobby - but it's quite time consuming... Still far away from your deep-digging studies tough...

DCStamps - I certainly appreciate the compliments
I see your point when you're saying the background can potentially overwhelm the stamps. I've had the same experience as well and think especially the colors and shades can easily get lost in the background. For my pure classic collection it will probably be less of a problem, as all the available photographs from that time are in b&w anyway...

Another thing I have learned to appreciate about creating digital album pages is the never-mind attitude about using too many pages! Whilst in 'real-life' it's always the question of not taking up too many pages in the album (or too many shelves in the house..) - there is no such concern when going digital. So, I have designed some pages with only very few stamps on them - the pages gets nice - and the 'freedom' is awesome!
Like on DCStamps Alwarpage - only 4 stamps, stunning result!

Invite anyone to give it a go

Blaamand/Jon

Those pages are absolutely stunning and such a pleasure
to look at.

The images and the stamps together on each page
are a perfect match.

Well done.

Lithograving - thanks for the praise

I agree, it looks ok, far better than in my stockbooks anyway. And I am finding the process both easier and more rewarding than I had expected it to be. I would challenge you all to try - and please share!

Jon

In relooking at your pages, I was really impressed with the stamps. I certainly didn't know that you were the owner of the TreSkilling Yellow, as proudly displayed on page 1 of your digital album.

ha ha, you shouldn't have revealed that... I were supposed to stay anonymous!

(btw - I trust anyone with a keen interest will immediately comprehend the image (of the treskilling-yellow) is only there as an anecdote)

medoc

You are correct that doing this takes time, and it would probably take a lifetime for a world wide collector. However if one specializes in some way, then it can be far more manageable. To date I have put together 163 albums (ranging from 1-30 pages/album) with somewhere around 5000 stamps. I have about 15 albums at various stages of construction. I have been putting my collection into "digital albums" for around 4 years, but I probably take far more time than others might because also research and write histories of the "dead countries" I collect and put everything together for a web site.

I am sure I will be many more years doing this, but to be honest, I really enjoy it. It allows me to truly study, organize and display my stamps in a way I couldn't do by hinging them into an album. Plus, I too can leaf through my physical collection, I just happen to look through them in stock books.

Regarding the last point? I guess someone could become a picture collector, but where is the fun of that. If that is what someone wants to do, to each his own, but I think that most people who collect things wouldn't go down that route.
Michael

I certainly agree with you Michael!
Yepp, that would be the way to do it - I've concluded that I will limit my WW digital collections until 1900 +/-, aiming to find a 'natural' cut-off for each area. (e.g. British until Edward VII).
According to my inventory system, 'only' some 20.000 stamps have been issued for the period, so it becomes manageable.

It should also be noted that even building a digital collection takes some time on the 'first pass' - it will also save time if required to reorganize the collection on the 'second pass'. Simply because a digital collection will be far easier to reorganize than if it had been on paper.

hum, it looks like the post I was responding to got deleted.

Regardless, I also thought of another point. If Stamp collecting is every going to appeal to the next generation, we need to be thinking about ways of bringing the hobby into the modern world.

If Stamp collecting is every going to appeal to the next generation, we need to be thinking about ways of bringing the hobby into the modern world.

Exactly I really believe that going digital will have much more appeal for the younger generations, and would contribute for this hobby of ours not only to be considered a 'dinosaur-hobby' of the past. The challenge with how to keep this hobby alive into the future is already discussed on many other threads on the forum. But in addition to 'only talking' about it, I believe presenting digital solutions could inspire the young to get interested. I think this digital thing will be part of the 'solution'. E.g. my teenager girls have both lost their interest for stamps, but they love creating stuff in powerpoint - and their good at it! I'm gonna show them what I've done, hopefully they will pick up their albums again, scan some of the stamps they like - and the ball starts rolling.

In the interest of new kid's generation, get them off their computers; don't give them a reason to be more on it.

@area66 then what are we doing on these online stamp forums?