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I have some album and album pages that are grouped topically. For example I have a Minkus album that is designed for the Red Cross Centenary (1963).
Do most topical collectors use stock books or do they create their own albums? I welcome any suggestions.
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Hey Adam.
In my brief time (yet time-consuming efforts) trying to organize Olympics and World Cup Soccer stamps into thematic collections I'd say the guiding principle is FLEXIBILITY.
For example "by country" seemed good, then "by competition" year seemed better, then (because of friends who were interested in a particular sport only) "by sport" had merit.
So starting with album pages ended up being lots of work and plenty of re-dos. And switching to stock books with fixed pages turned into a constant shuffling of stamps to accommodate new additions (especially when I found an envelope with about 200 such stamps I hadn't already set up.
Eventually I found using individual Vario stock pages to get everything out and visible, and easily managed/manipulated helped immeasurably and now I'm at the point of creating multiple-formats to display.
Examples:
* A fixed-page stock book "World Cup Host Nations" that just displays each host country's issues in the year of the particular competition, in chronological order.
* Album pages featuring the two finalists, then other actual participating countries, for each competition.
* Individual Vario pages for all other countries who are not participants but issue (sometimes) decent stamps - e.g. the Equatorial Guineas of the world.
Again, the key (to me) is that you will want to accumulate massive amounts of stamps and get some semblance of order before you make a firm commitment to the best display. Especially since you probably want to avoid developing any "bugs" in your methodology later. 
Good luck, Dave.
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A nice D-Ring binder in the color of your choice (I prefer black) that has a front cover pocket to put your custom-made cover page in;
then the black Vario pages that Dave mentioned - you can get many different pocket choices;
8,7,6,5,4 etc. depending on the sizes of your many different stamps.
And as Dave said, you have the convenience of being able to shuffle them around any time you want/need to.
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Without knowing a great deal about insects, I'd say look up some basic taxonomy. It may be that the insects depicted on stamps all belong to one classification, or maybe to several. Wikipedia gives the basic groups (and I hope a lot of Latin and Greek words don't put you off!), from which you should be able to decide how to set out your collection.
If the science of entomology is going too far for what you need, some elementary headings, such as bees, butterflies, ants, etc., may be enough.
You will doubtless come across a problem that all topical collectors face - do you break up a visually pleasing set in order to satisfy your taxonomy? (An insect set may include several different insects, or just several different bees.)
It all depends on whether you like the look of these stamps, or whether you are as interested in the insects themselves as the stamps which depict them.
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For sure you need one binder titled...
Adam and the Ants
...kind of a "New Wave" philately.
Cheers, Dave.
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I have been considering beginning an insect stamp collection as I really find insect stamps both interesting and beautiful to look at. I would like some suggestions as to how to store or organize a topical collection.
I have some album and album pages that are grouped topically. For example I have a Minkus album that is designed for the Red Cross Centenary (1963).
Do most topical collectors use stock books or do they create their own albums? I welcome any suggestions.
Adam
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Hey Adam.
In my brief time (yet time-consuming efforts) trying to organize Olympics and World Cup Soccer stamps into thematic collections I'd say the guiding principle is FLEXIBILITY.
For example "by country" seemed good, then "by competition" year seemed better, then (because of friends who were interested in a particular sport only) "by sport" had merit.
So starting with album pages ended up being lots of work and plenty of re-dos. And switching to stock books with fixed pages turned into a constant shuffling of stamps to accommodate new additions (especially when I found an envelope with about 200 such stamps I hadn't already set up.
Eventually I found using individual Vario stock pages to get everything out and visible, and easily managed/manipulated helped immeasurably and now I'm at the point of creating multiple-formats to display.
Examples:
* A fixed-page stock book "World Cup Host Nations" that just displays each host country's issues in the year of the particular competition, in chronological order.
* Album pages featuring the two finalists, then other actual participating countries, for each competition.
* Individual Vario pages for all other countries who are not participants but issue (sometimes) decent stamps - e.g. the Equatorial Guineas of the world.
Again, the key (to me) is that you will want to accumulate massive amounts of stamps and get some semblance of order before you make a firm commitment to the best display. Especially since you probably want to avoid developing any "bugs" in your methodology later.
Good luck, Dave.
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re: Insect Stamp Collection
A nice D-Ring binder in the color of your choice (I prefer black) that has a front cover pocket to put your custom-made cover page in;
then the black Vario pages that Dave mentioned - you can get many different pocket choices;
8,7,6,5,4 etc. depending on the sizes of your many different stamps.
And as Dave said, you have the convenience of being able to shuffle them around any time you want/need to.
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re: Insect Stamp Collection
Without knowing a great deal about insects, I'd say look up some basic taxonomy. It may be that the insects depicted on stamps all belong to one classification, or maybe to several. Wikipedia gives the basic groups (and I hope a lot of Latin and Greek words don't put you off!), from which you should be able to decide how to set out your collection.
If the science of entomology is going too far for what you need, some elementary headings, such as bees, butterflies, ants, etc., may be enough.
You will doubtless come across a problem that all topical collectors face - do you break up a visually pleasing set in order to satisfy your taxonomy? (An insect set may include several different insects, or just several different bees.)
It all depends on whether you like the look of these stamps, or whether you are as interested in the insects themselves as the stamps which depict them.
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re: Insect Stamp Collection
For sure you need one binder titled...
Adam and the Ants
...kind of a "New Wave" philately.
Cheers, Dave.
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