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How to Choose the Size of a Scott Two-Post Binder Stamp Album

In philatelic circles, the Scott brand of stamp binders is a widely recognized and accepted member of the stamp collecting products manufactured by Amos Press. For the more advanced or specialized collector who lays out his own pages, and prefers a two-post binder model, the choices become somewhat limited. But despite that, several factors may influence a devoted collector's final decision.

Instructions

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  Estimate what you believe will be the ultimate size and scope of your collection. This will help determine the page capacity of the Scott binder you eventually select.
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  Decide in advance if your album will house pre-printed Scott pages or if you will be purchasing blank album pages and designing individual page layouts on your own. Depending upon how many stamps you intend to mount on each page, this will also affect the Scott binder you choose.
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  Determine the level of granularity your collection will encompass. For example, do you collect merely a single copy of an individual stamp, or do you also collect the booklet panes, coil line-pairs, and first day covers of the same basic design? As a second example, if you have decided to collect all of the various plate positions of Scott U.S. C10a, the "Lindbergh" air mail booklet panes, how many total pages will you devote to this single issue?
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  Make an informed assessment of how much you wish to pay for a Scott two-post binder.
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  Visit the Amos Press website at www.amosadvantage.com and drill down to the Scott album section. There you will find descriptions of the two-post Scott binders available for purchase.
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  Note the page capacity and price of the two-post albums. Based upon the determinations you made previously, acquire the album which best meets your individual collecting needs.

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