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- From: tolvanen@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Martti Tolvanen)
- Subject: Re: STAMPS: Source for stock book?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.101952.22404@klaava.Helsinki.FI>
- Keywords: Stamps Philately supplies
- Organization: University of Helsinki
- References: <sjm1.727480720@Isis.MsState.Edu> <20JAN199315314364@accvio.intel.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 10:19:52 GMT
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- In <20JAN199315314364@accvio.intel.com> dmills@accvio.intel.com (Dave Mills) writes:
-
- >I'd watch out on ordering stockbooks. I have never found on that really
- >holds up. I assume you're referring to the type with black pages and clear
- >plastic strips, behid which you place the stamps. They're very nice looking,
- >but tend to fall apart over time (SHORT time). As a result, I don't have
- >any brand suggestions. See if you can check one out visually first, make
- >sure it lies flat when open, and that the binding seems good.
-
- Also beware clear strips that have a visible glue streak at the bottom.
- My experience is that this type of strips breaks in 10 years or less.
-
- The brand that I buy regularly and that has been lasting for more than
- 20 years in stock books I've seen is Leuchtturm (Lighthouse). Another
- good brand has a small elephant in a circle, embossed in gold in the top
- right hand corner of the cover, but I don't know the name or whether
- it's still available anywhere.
-
- --
- Martti Tolvanen, Dept. Biochem., Univ. Helsinki, Finland
- tolvanen@cc.helsinki.fi
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