Question About Stockbook?

Hey guys as I fill up my stockbook I am beginning to wonder about adding indicators with the Scott number for each stamp. As I put little strips of acid free paper in between the stamps I really did not like the look of it at all. I like the way it is with just the stamps and no identifiers. Could I just put the piece of paper behind each stamp? Or would that cause any weird problems over time? Any other suggestions? I was thinking of just taking strips of acid free paper and writing on it with a little bit of pencil and I would put them in behind each stamp. The paper is as think as printing paper if that would matter.

Edit: The paper being behind the stamp would cause any creasing to the stamp over time correct? Just thinking of everything lol

I'd be careful with putting pieces of paper behind mint stamps, but it would probably be OK with used stamps, I would think. You could also just keep a separate "map" of your stockbook on pages in a separate folder that you could just take out and refer to when you want.

Hi spartcom6, you ask for "Any other suggestions?". May I suggest, if you or someone else needs to see the Scott number, they would have to remove the stamp, look at the number, then replace the stamp. This would create a lot of problems I think as such:

Possible damage to the stamp in question each time you wanted to check the Scott number.

What if you wanted to check lets say 6 stamps in orientation to each other, examined all Scott numbers at once, you might or might not replace stamps in the correct orientation again.

If your stock book is the kind where you could write the Scott number below the stamp. If your stock book is plastic, just print out a label in correct orientation to the stamp in question.

Good luck in your future stamp adventures.

Stampmaster

Yea paper behind is a no go. I could type up a separate paper with the numbers in order of each page and then I am able to easily add in another number if need be. Seems time consuming though, darn...

This is the way I do it. I print my own album pages and sometimes have to change a page. I use the (acid free) page to make the little notes that go behinnd or next to a stamp. Of course I just put these in a stockbook temporarily - they do not stay forever.

Peter

Couple digital options.

Do you inventory your stamps with a spreadsheet or other software? If so you can add a page # and row number to find the stamps.

If you have scanner or scanner app on your phone, you can scan each page and digitally add as many labels as you would like.

For a non-technical solution, you could write the number on a piece of tracing paper and lay it over the page as a reference. Not sure if tracing paper is acid free.

I do not see how putting a piece of acid free (yes that is a loaded term) paper behind the stamp is any different from mounting via hinge on an album page printed on same page.

I would suggest something like bakechad's idea with some interleaving page that has your index. The sheet would cover left / right so every other page in your stock book.