Country Stamp Albums
European Made
Country Stamp Albums --
Are your stamps on the verge of becoming a World-class-looking collection? Shouldn't they be housed in elegant albums that showcase the quality of your collection?
It might then be time to upgrade your collection to one of the best-made albums in the world. With few exceptions, the best albums in the World are European made, with the majority of them being manufactured in Germany.
Expensive? Yes, they're pretty
expensive, but, as the old saying goes, "you get what you pay for"! If
you want your stamps to look and feel their best, there are no better
quality album products on this planet!
There are a number of different brands, all of
excellent quality. The binders, page units, slip-cases, etc. are all
sold separately for each country album. Most of the manufacturers offer
both spring-back and post binders, and the newer pages are
interchangeable with either type. I prefer the spring-back type
binders, as shown in the image of one of my Schweiz Lighthouse albums above.
The pages of most of the brands are made of very heavy card-stock paper that should endure frequent handling for many years, and most of them are available with and without mounts.
The majority of these albums feature the Michel Catalog numbering system and have Michel Catalog stamp arrangement.
Lighthouse & KABE
began in 1917, as the KABE publishing house, in Aschersleben, Germany.
The firm closed in the 1930's but was re-established in 1948 as
Leuchturm (Lighthouse) in Hamburg, Germany. They are among the finest
publishers of quality albums and are still the largest exporter of
stamp and coin collecting products today. KABE albums, which were
introduced in 1997, is Lighthouse's premium brand, featuring linen
hinged pages with mounts and heavy-weight spring-back binders. They
have a distribution center located in New Jersey.
Schaubek
Verlag, in Leipzig, Germany, has been in the business of making stamp
collecting products since 1871. Their extremely high quality album
products are similar, in design and format, to those of Lighthouse.
Their pages are interchangeable between screw-post and spring-back type
binders.
Davo
Publishers, in Deventer, The Netherlands, began making single country
albums in 1945. Davo albums feature quilted binders, which are the
post-type and extra heavy paper. The pages come either with or without
mounts. Davo products are available through many distributors in the
United States.
Lindner, in Schoemberg, Germany, began making albums in 1947 and maintains a
distribution center in Syracuse, New York. They produce a whole line of
stamp and coin collecting products, including their deluxe country
stamp albums, featuring hingeless album pages and 18 ring binders.
Their pages feature a separate sleeve containing the stamps, which is
overlaid against a white paper album page.
Stanley Gibbons
is the oldest stamp collecting products company in the world, having been founded in 1856.
Their specialized and country catalogs are world-renowned and are the
standard for collectors of British Commonwealth countries. Stanley
Gibbons makes a full line of stamp albums, primarily for Great Britain
and British Commonwealth countries, which range in quality and price
from very basic to deluxe.
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