New Excitment With New Tech

Hi everyone ;
I really didn't know what to write about until I had a little thread
from caper123 and don't know if this is a he or she .
But we talked about how we had a hiatus from stamping,1970 to 2018
for me.
I was just thinking how difficult it was back then compared to now, still very time consuming .
I remembered when you would stick the stamps with hinges and hope they would stay in place and stay in the album.
Or just finding stamps and identifying stamps ,now we have the internet so great!
I think what I really would like to talk about how to use these new idea's with tech in stamping like creating a fun catalogs for
organizing and identifying stamps .
What I did was take a old Album and replaced the stamps with copy's
from scanning and printing using Microsoft word's and excel to
help in printing custom copies .
I don't know if I can tell you everything with words so I will use picture's and you can tell me what you think.
I think if you don't know what you have it's very hard to sell it or put a price on it.If you it makes it easier ,there is a bonus in the future of stamps ,but so many problems in identifying stamps, colors age ,etc the more tech the better it will be in stamp hobby or business future.
Thanks for listening

Dan, I am out of country now and will be able to converse better later.

As I read it, you scanned all your stamps and replaced them with copies. What did you do with the actual stamps? Did you use the Avery labels to mount the copies? You also created a reference book using images.

I scanned all the stamps and replaced with copies then I used the Avery labels to stick in a separate album this way I can see what inventory I have ,I can then be organized with out handling the originals also I can move the stamps around ,sticky labels allow you to.If you do it right you can make a beautiful book of stamps that is practical too.This is my reference book , this contains info about your stamps in fine detail sometimes you might forget. Then I have a separate album for the originals ,in the pictures you will see it as a blue ring binder that zips up for protection in case the stamps fall out of the cellophane sleeves . The cellophane sleeves are great to have, they protect when while handling .I also like to put a little melted dots with a soldering Iron to the cellophane to hold the stamps in place, as you see in in the pictures this works great most of the time.
If this seems to be extreme to do all this, all I can say it works for me and its fun I like to be organized and that way I can see things I might other wise overlook.
If you have any questions I will bee happy to answer I might have missed something.
Thanks Dan

Thanks Caper123

Seems like a lot of work to me. No problem if it works though. I keep a Google photo album of my stamps so I can see them anytime without handling the originals. Obviously that only works online, but I look at them a lot and don't have to worry about exposing the originals to the air, light, humidity...

I wish their was a easier way ,but with this medium if you want your stamps to last you need to protect.
But you still need to handle just to investigate all the little details you need to know about,
like watermarks, grills,color,scratches,broken plates, etc.
I think this is what is fun looking to find a history making stamp that has never been found.
Why other people just didn't or know about it,see it is a question and I imagine most of these 100 year old stamps have been gone over very good over the years in these old collections and the odds's aren't good in finding something new, but its what we keep hoping for that's why I like enlarging the stamp by blowing it up with the computer.
I think a great stamp to look at is Washington a10 and a Franklin a5 so many diverse varieties of flaws you might not see .
So many stamps out their but I think its still a great investment but not for everyone.