Turngren PhilatelyFeb 20, 2023

How do you all organize your material? Specifically the stuff that isn't on album pages.

The vast majority of my collection is in 102 dealer cards and #3 glassines in long carboard boxes. My eventual plan is to create album pages, but they will be fully custom and more along the lines of an exhibit in binder form...so I only want to do that once.

Show threadTurngren PhilatelyFeb 20, 2023
The more I learn about my Austria material, the more variations there are - so I'm hesitant to really start nailing down an arrangement and and spend money on good paper and mounts...so I keep filling things away in my present system. At the rate I get things done, I'll die and leave a post-it note saying something to the effect of "will eventually get around to album pages but haven't translated Ferchenbauer yet..."
Show threadTurngren PhilatelyFeb 20, 2023
A few of my collector friends sort of poke fun at me because of this arrangement...but I don't feel ready for album pages. I don't know when I will be. When I joined my local club, there were selveral members that just seemed completely flabbergasted that I had zero interest in the Scott album pages that were up for sale at club auctions...when I told them I don't presently use albums, that it's mainly dealer cards and Vario stock pages...it was met with visible confusion.
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Anywho - just curious what the rest of you are doing and if there's anyone in the same boat as me on this issue.
Feb 20, 2023 at 12:35amWeb
Show threadKatieFeb 20, 2023
@turngren_phila i use Vario pages in binders too. I don't want album pages because maybe I'll never fill that page up and then it'll have weird blank spaces and I don't really collect like that anyhow. And i like being able to organize my stamps according to how I want
Show threadBobFeb 20, 2023
@turngren_phila I’m of the Vario stock pages and binders school. I have several albums, both from starting young and gifts, but I haven’t added to them in a long time. Much of my stuff though is not yet in the pages.
Show threadAndy PastuszakMar 5, 2023
@turngren_phila I make my own pages. That way I don’t have to settle for a set of pages that don’t fit my collecting style.