Empire, RSFSR, USSR, Russian Federation

 

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 A 'Do it Yourself' (DIY) Project

      - Freely sharing my page designs!

• FREE DOWNLOAD ALBUM PAGE PDF's
  • Russian Empire 1858-1917 PDF download
  • RSFSR 1918-1923 PDF download
  • USSR 1923-1959 PDF download
  • USSR 1960-1969 PDF download
  • USSR 1970-1979 PDF download
  • USSR 1980-1991 PDF download
• My own page size 240mm x 282mm (9.4" x 11.1")
• Stamp captions, set headings, borders, issue year
• Extensive stamp illustrations throughout
• Snippets of interesting Russian history
• Arranged in Stanley Gibbons catalogue order
• Visit PAGE PREVIEWS for more design detail

RUSSIA STAMP ALBUM PROJECT

This website is dedicated to sharing design details of my RUSSIA STAMP ALBUM PAGE PROJECT and hopefully inspire others to create their own country album pages - a much better, bespoke alternative to those really boring and generic A4/American Letter sized page types sold as PDFs for just a few £s/$s (e.g. Steiner/ Britannia/ StampBooks). In my opinion, these 'print-at-home' designs are really poor; and are not my preferred page size for a philatelic stamp album. Surely your prized stamp collection deserves much better!!

READ ON...

My Russia stamp album project was the result of many years of design work (spread out as time permitted): gathering stamp information from various sources including native Russian language stamp catalogues; scanning and cropping many thousands of stamps; and then designing pages using QuarkXPress Passport desktop publishing software (Adobe InDesign would be another excellent alternative).

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My album page layout display my stamps in a very comfortable and attractive flow; I have used clear Hawid hingeless mounts that allow the feint stamp borders to show through nicely. The pages have a balance of layout and space. This, matched with individual stamp captions, stamp set headings and occasional bits of historic Russian text, helps create a very nice presentation - avoiding the 'jammed together' appearance of even the most expensive commercial albums. I really enjoy browsing through my Russia albums - they don't just sit in a bookcase only pulled out to add new stamp additions.

For more detail visit my design and preview pages.

David Farndale        

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