Lindner Album Questions

I'm thinking about rehousing my Scandinavian countries (#1's thru 1940'ish only..) in something more lavish than a couple of Scott Specialty binders and Steiner pages. The Lindner albums and pages look attractive as a step up, but I'm not quite sure I understand exactly how those function from the descriptions. Are they all plastic sheets over a pre-printed page, so they are a sort of hingeless album? I see that it states you can see the back of each stamp, which you could not do if the plastic insert thingy was actually attached to the album page. I'm taking it for granted that the stamps are actually illustrated. Also, in Michel order I understand, does that cover all the Scott numbers or are there omissions? In lesser or greater detail? What is the Palo to Lindner connection?? John

...and a follow-on, do they contain the back of the book issues for the stated album periods?

I can answer one part. The albums are composed of printed pages that each have a companion plastic sheet with pockets that are seperate units. My Australia set has very minimal illustrations. Personally I am not a fan. In particular I dislike the plastic sheets. It is a clunky system that, for me at least, makes it difficult to easily insert amd remove your stamps.

Also, the BOB is mixed in with regular issues by year of issue.

All BOBs or just the airmail and semi-postal stamps?

All.

Thanks Rogdcam....I'm curious (and hesitant now) about your comment about very few illustrations. I can easily live with only 1 of a multi-denominational series of the same stamp being pictured, but would think that each different stamp "type" would be standard, like in a Scott catalog. "A1, A2, A3" etc. If that is not the case with Lindner than I may just rule them out. John

If you have Sweden stamps you plan to re-house, you may want to be aware that most European album publishers format those stamp with pairs of the booklet issues.

After seeing an example of the Lindner pages and how the plastic sheet of "pockets" works, I decided to give Lindner a shot. Thanks Revenuecollector from an old thread. Should also be handy for making small discrete notations.

svensson,

How about Davo? They look pretty nice. They are featured on the Palo website.

Jack Kelley

They would be a good choice also, but I wouldn't be using half the pages since I only collect up to the WW2 era. That is also why I won't be needing binder after binder from Lindner...I'm not on a supplement chase. I believe my 5 Scandinavian countries will require 3 binders only.

Just a note that I have received my Lindner Sweden pages and find them just the ticket, hold the stamps well, all major varieties illustrated, plenty of room on most pages for some duplicates, and the title page lists each page content by Facit catalogue number, in addition to Michel....though I am still trying to decipher some of the "conventions" they use ... Large "Ore" versus small "ore" when there are not two varieties of the stamp?? My only complaint is against Subway who have backordered the Norway and Iceland pages for the past 2 weeks, when I went to Palo I got the Sweden set in 2 days.