Started A Worldwide Collection Recently

@Hello123, I am also a world-wide collector. Although I do have specialty pages for China, Germany, and France, and use the Scott National for my main U.S. collection, when it came time to really jump into the world, I decided to go with Steiner pages because of the (virtually) complete coverage of the Scott Catalog. I can tell you that after a couple of times just printing all the pages for a country, I learned quickly not to do that, as it is a huge waste of paper and ink (many pages not likely to ever have even 1 stamp on them). Instead, I print the pages needed. I can do this because I had already organized all the stamps for that country and identified the Scott Catalog number ahead of time. One thing I also do is verify that the pages I am printing follow the catalog. I have found pages that were not quite matching and I have reported issues, though more recently I am just correcting the pages myself. The other common thing I find with the pages is that the frames are not the correct size (more than 2mm off in either direction direction is bad as it makes it difficult for mounts and affects how the pages look). Luckily enough, I am able to edit the pages and adjust for incorrect stamps / frame sizes. The beauty of Steiner is also that if I mess up a page I can just print it again! I even have some parallel collections (unused vs. used) so having multiple copies is just done by printing again.

Jbodo... Love those custom binders!

@NicholasC - Yes, I have been doing the same, only printing pages as I go and also only printing the first 10-15 pages as well. I have been keeping track of what I printed in an excel spreadsheet.
I also made the mistake at first by printing all of the China pages and then only being able to fill roughly 10 pages of it.
Also after I print a set of pages, I like to go through and right the scott numbers for each stamp on the page.
Its definitely a learning process as you proceed.

I figured I would skip a few countries as well, as I have separate hingeless albums for those such as US and Canada and a few others.

Your also right about its nice to be able to reprint a page if you make a mistake or like I did and rip a page by accident.

Hey Hello123 - have you considered putting the catalogue numbers in the margin by the spine?

I used to put them in the stamp box too, but hopefully soon they get covered and can no longer be seen. When dealing with sets with the same design / perf differences / variations, and since some albums group them together so the numbers may not be sequential anymore, I found I was often making placement mistakes. After getting the number from the catalogue, the column number was a quick verification that I was on the right album page. (A column of numbers that match the row of stamps can have OG or NG added too and NH goes in a mount so no other note is necessary.)

It helps a lot when jumping around from country to country too since I don't have to remember the specifics of a series.

I tried using the back of the blank left hand page. While there is a lot of space for notes, I thought it looked too messy.

The big albums show spaces for stamps that they have arranged by a group of years or subjects, so the numbers are really all over the place. I write the numbers in the margin while watching tv. (full disclosure – I use a searchable software program with many, many pictures, so it doesn't take anywhere near as long as a catalogue search.) Also, when selling or passing along an album, I leave the numbers on the pages. The new owners have always appreciated it.

Write in pencil and the numbers can be erased if you don't like it.

I love these conversations about how to approach WW collecting. I just ordered a sample of the vintage pages from Subway so I'm getting closer.

Nice! I also use Steiner pages - I have focus countries, however, I do have a love for classic stamps from many countries. For now I am using the steiner pages and work slowly on my focus countries (France, Germany, Sweden, Hong Kong, Great Britain and soon China). All other WW I place in vario pages for possible future steiner page display.

I print steiner pages on 32 cream cotton paper for archival quality when I do use them.