Discworld Stamp Yearbook 2006 beta

The tutorials are done and here are the results.  I'm rather chuffed with it myself.



All I have to do now is put my stamps in (drat, where are my stamp mounts :S)
There are a few more photos on the blog if you want to see more or read about how they were made.

Good point about being complete- to some extent by waiting five years before producing the album it helps.  Most facts are out of the woodwork by now. If anything the risk is the other way- information being lost to time.  Without resources like Steeljam's stamp catalogue and Doc Brown's spreadsheet I don't think it would be possible to create it at all.

It also depends on your level of complete.  I decided very early on not to fuss about color variations personally since it added an extra layer of complexity that I did not need (I was also running Mad Fan's Guide at that point so really needed to draw the line somewhere).  As you said, one can always make an appendix, I even have a few blank pages at the end of mine if I wanted to add anything of vital, crucial importance in later, or if the change was large enough there is nothing to stop me producing a new and updated second edition.  Given the stamp within are contained in stamp mounts it would only take a bit of time to transfer them over to a second edition.

And in the end I find it is better to have this, even if it isn't perfect, than have my stamps living in a box in a way they can't be enjoyed.  Now I can just pick up a volume and look through it to remember all the stamps and the memories associated with them.  Besides, I love the feel of books over folders- my original plan was to use scrapbooks for the same reasons you list for loose leaf folders, but the feel of plastic pages was never the same for me.

Two years to go now -after consideration of the state of my collection, I plan on a 2007 and 2008 edition before drawing the line.  Any curious or little known facts or information about any 2007 stamps would be welcome.  I hope not to take another two years to make the next volume but also don't want to make promises I can't keep!

Oh sure, a book is a book and can be used for anything you care to collect up to but not excluding your belly button lint collection.  However, since I only collect(ed) Discworld stamps my focus is on that.

I really enjoy the process of making the books but producing the content is a rather laborious task and should only be done by a devotee.  I'd offer a book binding service to all collectors- you design it, I make it, but I suspect that few could afford what it would cost in terms of time and materials.