Scott International Reproductions Or Originals?

Just wanted to conduct an informal survey - who uses the old Scott International 'Brown' albums, and who uses the reproductions from Subway?

Seem like pros/cons to each...

The originals:
+ Usually lower cost, assuming you can find them on ebay
+ Double-sided, so take up way less shelf space
+ No clunky binders to take up space
+ Historical value, if that's your thing

The reproductions:
+ Single-sided, so stamps don't get attached to each other
+ Can move pages around to arrange them alphabetically, not in chronological chunks like the original albums
+ Newer, so presumably better paper quality

I feel like most people go with the reproductions, but would like to hear if that's the case, and if so, why - thanks!

Both :0)

I invested in the Reproductions around ten-years go and absolutely love them, pretty much for all the reasons you mentioned. I use them only for MNH stamps while well aware many spaces will remain as spaces.

I have a set of Blues I bought during my younger years from 1840 to around 1970. These got a mix of used and mint issues placed into them.

I do have one old Brown album that I was fortunate enough to get in near-unused condition. That one is used strictly for cancellations (SON, colors, fancy, etc) found on 1840-1900 stamps.

The Repros are my hands down favorites.

The reproductions:
+ Single-sided, so stamps don't get attached to each other
+ Can move pages around to arrange them alphabetically, not in chronological chunks like the original albums
+ Newer, so presumably better paper quality - Buy and don't look back. The original browns, the paper is aging and you might be wasting resources mounting into an old album. The reproductions are on top quality, thick paper.

Thanks, all - interesting. Who's got a full set of the reproductions? How much shelf space do they take up? I just really dislike binders....!

I have the complete set, and they're housed in 20 of the large, green Scott 3-ring binders with dust covers.
This allows some wiggle room for adding blank pages for things such as multiples and fly pages.
No small investment, but worth every penny, imo.

I think you can only get them in Scott blue now. But check to be sure.

It's the continued availability of binders (or the potential absence thereof) that concerns me. Not sure if the green ones are much different, but those blue two-post binders tend to wear out pretty easily and need replacing.

The Vintage reproduction pages are punched for the two-post binders, not the 3-ring ones. I guess I could always punch 3 holes in them and keep them in regular binders, perhaps.

The blue binders wear out because stamp collectors stuff too many pages in them. Go with the smaller big blues.

You may want to check with Subway on that. My pages came with both openings for the 2-posts and drilled for 3-ring. My 10 green Scott binders are all 3-ring.

Looked at Subway's site and it appears they're double punched for the blue binders: https://subwaystamp.com/products/vi...9-1940-pages



What if the paper's in decent shape?