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So recently, my daughter Kira received world stamps from both @Betyar68 and @Benque (Thanks Dennis x2!) - Some of which are more recent.
Currently, she has many albums of the Harris "Standard World Stamp Album" company. The 'latest' year these album seems to have is 1991.
I understand that you can add more years to these albums by purchasing the yearly add-on, and un-screwing the album's pages to position the additional years at the proper place in the album.
My question is: Is there a way, to access some of the missing years - at least up to 2000, on a tight budget?
When I recently met @Benque, he explained that some countries went NuTz with printing stamps and their number exploded in the more recent years... Hence why it might not be a good idea to get ALL the years up to 2023 unless you want a truck-load of albums..!?
Note: I noticed that a few blank 8.5"x11" white pages were added at the end of a country to put stamps later than 1991, but these don't have the black and white stamp picture and seems more like a last-resort method than anything else. That seems to be the 'default' way of adding later stamps when no year page is present.
Thank you for your expertise!
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Hey Ritz! It would be nice if Kira could start to speak for herself and interact in the SOR community
It was great that you started doing this on her behalf years ago, but she's probably mature now, so it would be great to hear her voice!
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Finding Harris world supplements prior to the most recent years will be tough, and also would not be cheap. Expect to pay roughly $20 per year, if not more. You could try the supplements published by CWS for their world albums, but these will not be as good as the original Harris pages. They will be the same 9x12 inch page size. Unfortunately these will also not be cheap. Blank pages may be the way to go.
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The main reason, or one of the main reasons, for cutoff dates for most of my countries is the cost of the supplements and the difficulty getting them. The idea of blank pages is a good one if you decide to go for more recent stamps. There are also people on this site who are incredibly good at designing their own pages. Maybe they will be willing to help you! Good luck!!
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If they sold the album with updated pages, it may be possible to find a used on ebay.
You can create your own pages using software like Album Easy. Album Easy is freeware. You can also find album pages already created on the web site to use.
https://www.thestampweb.com/albumeasy
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See Collector's Supply House in Welland, Ont.
https://www.collectorssupplyhouse.com/pr ...
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@HolocaustStamps: Yes, it would be awesome if she did that! But it seems her generation are allergic to Forums and prefer tiktok... 
@StatesmanStamper: Indeed, not easy as my initial searching didn't turn up any supplements.
@Harvey: Do let me know if you find freely available page to print! Although that wouldn't be the same format as the album, it is one solution.
@angore: I will check albumeasy - thanks for the link!!
@DavidG: Okay I will take a look - thanks!!
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The album easy website has already created album pages as well posted by Album Easy users with source code.
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The problem with every supplement with which I am familiar is that they cover ALL recognized stamps issued during each year. Most word-wide albums such as the H.E. Harris Standard World Stamp Album cover relatively common stamps of the world. The CWS 2023 supplement consists of 523 pages. PDF album pages such as the Bill Steiner pages as well the the ready made PDF pages available on the Album Easy website also have complete coverage. In order to update an older word-wide album via supplements the world collector with be forced the increase the number of volumes housing their collection by many multiples.
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hfbaker, very true.
This is why I use Steiners and print as needed. Many lower cost world wide albums are condensed with not enough spaces for every stamp so still stuck with an expansion strategy.
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Just to be clear, the Harris "Masterwork" worldwide supplements are not comprehensive at all - just like the albums are not. I believe they
average 64 double sided pages, i.e. - not more than 128 pages per yearly supplement.
If I were trying to keep updated, I would just use Speedrille (or blank) Harris pages.
The problem with the supplements is that certain years are hard to come by...
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Hi Experts,
So recently, my daughter Kira received world stamps from both @Betyar68 and @Benque (Thanks Dennis x2!) - Some of which are more recent.
Currently, she has many albums of the Harris "Standard World Stamp Album" company. The 'latest' year these album seems to have is 1991.
I understand that you can add more years to these albums by purchasing the yearly add-on, and un-screwing the album's pages to position the additional years at the proper place in the album.
My question is: Is there a way, to access some of the missing years - at least up to 2000, on a tight budget?
When I recently met @Benque, he explained that some countries went NuTz with printing stamps and their number exploded in the more recent years... Hence why it might not be a good idea to get ALL the years up to 2023 unless you want a truck-load of albums..!?
Note: I noticed that a few blank 8.5"x11" white pages were added at the end of a country to put stamps later than 1991, but these don't have the black and white stamp picture and seems more like a last-resort method than anything else. That seems to be the 'default' way of adding later stamps when no year page is present.
Thank you for your expertise!
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re: How to add missing years to Harris "Standard World Stamp Album"?
Hey Ritz! It would be nice if Kira could start to speak for herself and interact in the SOR community
It was great that you started doing this on her behalf years ago, but she's probably mature now, so it would be great to hear her voice!
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re: How to add missing years to Harris "Standard World Stamp Album"?
Finding Harris world supplements prior to the most recent years will be tough, and also would not be cheap. Expect to pay roughly $20 per year, if not more. You could try the supplements published by CWS for their world albums, but these will not be as good as the original Harris pages. They will be the same 9x12 inch page size. Unfortunately these will also not be cheap. Blank pages may be the way to go.
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re: How to add missing years to Harris "Standard World Stamp Album"?
The main reason, or one of the main reasons, for cutoff dates for most of my countries is the cost of the supplements and the difficulty getting them. The idea of blank pages is a good one if you decide to go for more recent stamps. There are also people on this site who are incredibly good at designing their own pages. Maybe they will be willing to help you! Good luck!!
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re: How to add missing years to Harris "Standard World Stamp Album"?
If they sold the album with updated pages, it may be possible to find a used on ebay.
You can create your own pages using software like Album Easy. Album Easy is freeware. You can also find album pages already created on the web site to use.
https://www.thestampweb.com/albumeasy
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re: How to add missing years to Harris "Standard World Stamp Album"?
See Collector's Supply House in Welland, Ont.
https://www.collectorssupplyhouse.com/pr ...
David
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re: How to add missing years to Harris "Standard World Stamp Album"?
@HolocaustStamps: Yes, it would be awesome if she did that! But it seems her generation are allergic to Forums and prefer tiktok...
@StatesmanStamper: Indeed, not easy as my initial searching didn't turn up any supplements.
@Harvey: Do let me know if you find freely available page to print! Although that wouldn't be the same format as the album, it is one solution.
@angore: I will check albumeasy - thanks for the link!!
@DavidG: Okay I will take a look - thanks!!
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re: How to add missing years to Harris "Standard World Stamp Album"?
The album easy website has already created album pages as well posted by Album Easy users with source code.
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re: How to add missing years to Harris "Standard World Stamp Album"?
The problem with every supplement with which I am familiar is that they cover ALL recognized stamps issued during each year. Most word-wide albums such as the H.E. Harris Standard World Stamp Album cover relatively common stamps of the world. The CWS 2023 supplement consists of 523 pages. PDF album pages such as the Bill Steiner pages as well the the ready made PDF pages available on the Album Easy website also have complete coverage. In order to update an older word-wide album via supplements the world collector with be forced the increase the number of volumes housing their collection by many multiples.
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re: How to add missing years to Harris "Standard World Stamp Album"?
hfbaker, very true.
This is why I use Steiners and print as needed. Many lower cost world wide albums are condensed with not enough spaces for every stamp so still stuck with an expansion strategy.
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re: How to add missing years to Harris "Standard World Stamp Album"?
Just to be clear, the Harris "Masterwork" worldwide supplements are not comprehensive at all - just like the albums are not. I believe they
average 64 double sided pages, i.e. - not more than 128 pages per yearly supplement.
If I were trying to keep updated, I would just use Speedrille (or blank) Harris pages.
The problem with the supplements is that certain years are hard to come by...
John
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