FREE PAGE DOWNLOAD PDFs This PDF download: these are watermarked samples from my own design stamp album pages, albeit some at much lower resolution quality in order to keep internet download file size down. You may be able to glean a few design ideas from these, not that I am suggesting they are a masterpiece! Legal warning: no part or captured image/s of these pages and/or page designs can be used commercially, given away, or sold on without first obtaining my written permission. Software options I used an old version of QuarkXPress Passport (version 7.3 from my publishing days) to do all the page layout work (with its brilliant page element library) but other alternatives are Adobe InDesign, CorelDRAW and perhaps MS Publisher. You might also want to take a look at AlbumGen (stamp album design software) which can combine with images and data from EzStamp – follow this link https://ezstamp.com/software/stamp-album-software/ Get your pages printed professionally – not on a home printer. In terms of printing your own stamp album pages, most decent digital print shops should be able to print on larger paper size for you (e.g. A3 paper - ideally at 1200 dpi); then also guillotine to whatever final page size is wanted; and then punch/drill holes to suit your binder choice. Paper specification In terms of paper, I highly recommend Mondi Colorcopy 160g/m2 (59 lbs bond) paper – a paper that works really well with digital printing. You could use thicker paper if you wanted. Colorcopy paper is widely available in various paper sizes including A3. This is 100% recyclable, ECF, FSC™ paper containing pulp from tree farms; has a special surface treatment, is non-toxic, CO2 neutral, carries the EU Ecolabel, and is ageing resistance ISO 9706 certified (guaranteed archival life of 200+ yrs). If this is not available to you, then ask your local paper merchant to suggest the nearest paper equivalent. Fixing stamps I have fixed my own stamps using CLEAR Hawid open-top stamp mounts but other options include Showgard mounts or even decent “peelable” stamp hinges with used stamps. If you have any questions regarding my own non-watermarked pages or page design, my contact details are below - best to email if you can. David Farndale Tel: 07775 744 187; +44 7775 744 187 (UK time 10:00 to 17:00) email: [email protected] web: www.ruskystamps.com - RUSSIAN STAMPS FOR SALE - I am gradually selling off all my duplicated Russian stamps 1858-1991. I am not a “dealer”, but as I occasionally buy up collections to help fill gaps in my own collection, more duplicates become available – it’s a ‘dynamic’ situation. I usually sell these (Buy-it-Now and Auction) through my eBay account www.ebay.co.uk/usr/ruskystamps but I do also have collectors that send me their “Wants Lists” from time to time – especially to help fill low value stamp gaps. Please request a Wants List template if this is of interest to you. Occasional bargains and estate sales items are sold through my other eBay channel: www.ebay.co.uk/usr/ser*e*ndipity SAMPLERussia Stamp Album Volume 5 U.S.S.R. Soviet Period 1970 - 1979 Currency: 100 Kopeks = 1 Rouble USSR UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS 1970 Revolutionary Activity of V. I. Lenin (1st Issue) SAMPLE“Lenin” “Marxist Meeting in Petrograd” 1970 P12.5 x 12 3779 1412 4k “Second RSDRP Congress” “First Day of Soviet Power - October” “Visiting Lenin” “Conversation with Ilich” “With Lenin” “Lenin on May Day” “Conquerors of the Cosmos” “Communism Builders” Russia Stamp Album - U.S.S.R. Page 470 www.ruskystamps.com USSR UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS 1970 Birth Centenary 1970 150th Anniv of Bellinsgauzen of Sychkov (Painter) and Lazarev's Antarctic Expedition F. V. Sychkov “Vostok” & “Mirny” Vessels, Modern Polar Station (1870-1958)SAMPLEMap of Antarctic and Antarctic Map 1970 Heroes of Second World War 1970 125th Anniversary of Russian Geographical Society V. V. Borsoev V. I. Poshekhonov Geographical Society Emblem (1906-1945) (1925-1945) 1970 60th Anniv of International Women's Solidarity Day 1970 Friendship Tree Friendship Tree (Sochi) “The Torch of Peace” Russia Stamp Album - U.S.S.R. Page 471 www.ruskystamps.com USSR UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS 1970 World Fair “EXPO-70” “Danila-master” Soviet Pavilion Children Creativity SAMPLE(Hero of Tale “Malakhitovaya Shkatulka”) V. I. Lenin in Cap EXPO ‘70 Expo '70 was a world's fair held in Suita, Osaka, Japan between March 15 and September 13, 1970. The theme of the Expo was "Progress and Harmony for Mankind." In Japanese Expo '70 is often referred to as Ōsaka Banpaku. This was the first world's fair held in Japan. The USSR Pavilion was the tallest in the fairgrounds, a sweeping red and white design by Soviet architect Mikhail V. Posokhin. Russia Stamp Album - U.S.S.R. Page 472 www.ruskystamps.com USSR UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS 1970 All-Union Philatelic Exhibition SAMPLE Portrait of Lenin V. I. Lenin Type (I) V. I. Lenin Type (II) - embossed lines behind head at angle Russia Stamp Album - U.S.S.R. Page 473 www.ruskystamps.com USSR UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS 1970 World Ice Hockey Championships Stockholm, Sweden The 1970 World Ice Hockey Championships was the 37th edition of the Ice Hockey World Championships. 21 nations participated in three different divisions or pools: Pool A in Stockholm, Sweden; Pool B in Bucharest, Romania; Pool C in Galaţi, Romania. For the eighth straight year, the Soviet Union won the world championship. Originally the tournament was scheduled to be held in Montreal and Winnipeg in Canada. However, after a dispute over allowing professional players in internation- al tournaments, the Canadian team withdrew from hosting and competing in inter- national hockey. They would not return to international play until 1977. SAMPLEIce Hockey Players 1970 50th Anniversary of Soviet Republics 1970 P11.5 3802 1422 4k Hammer & Sickle, Coat of Arms Woman & Motifs Woman & Kazakh of Azerbaijan Republic of Armenia Motifs 1970 Partisan-Heroes of Second World War 1970 UNESCO Lenin Centenary Symposium Worker with Open Book D. N. Medvedev K. P. Orlovsky (1898-1954) (1895-1968) Russia Stamp Album - U.S.S.R. Page 474 www.ruskystamps.com USSR UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS 1970 Russian Victory in World Ice Hockey Championships, Stockholm (Red overprint “Soviet Hockey Players SAMPLETen Times World Champions”) 1970 25th Anniversary 1970 Cosmonautics Day of Hungarian & Czech Liberation Hungarian Arms and Czech Arms and Badge of USSR Budapest View Prague View Cosmonauts Soviet Liberation of Hungary During the liberation of Hungary by the Red Army, more than 140,000 Soviet soldiers and officers lost their lives. The Soviet army had Budapest surrounded on Christmas Eve 1944. Up to that point the city had survived the war largely intact. There had been some bombing by American forces in the summer of 1944, but it had been directed at industrial areas and the railroads. During the siege, there was shelling, but no heavy artillery. There was no food, electricity, gas or water, but because Budapest was still quite old fashioned in many respects, the people managed with wells, wood, coal and pri- vate baking for the duration of the siege. Pest, on one side of the Danube, was liberated by Soviet troops first, on January 14, 1945, while Buda held out for another month against the Soviet advance. The taking of the Royal Castle and the caves beneath it was a mas- sacre, with only some 700 escaping the fighting. After World War II, Hungary fell under the Soviet sphere of influence and was occupied by the Red Army gradually replacing the freely elected government with the Hungarian Communist Party. Radical nationalisation of the economy based on the Soviet model produced economic stagnation, lower standards of living and a deep malaise. By 1949 the Soviets had concluded a mutual assistance treaty with Hungary which granted the Soviet Union rights to a continued mili- tary presence, assuring ultimate political control. Russia Stamp Album - U.S.S.R. Page 475 www.ruskystamps.com USSR UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS 1970 Birth Centenary of V. I. Lenin (2nd Issue) SAMPLEPortrait of Lenin V. I. Lenin V. I. Lenin by Photo of I. Sharygin by Photo of Yu. Mebius by Photo of B. Vigilev (1891) (1900) (1914) V. I. Lenin V. I. Lenin V. I. Lenin V. I. Lenin by Photo of V. Plier by Photo of M. Nappelbaum by Photo of P. Otsup by Photo of P. Otsup (1916) (1918) (1918) (1918) “With Lenin” V. I. Lenin Sculpture of V. I. Lenin V. I. Lenin by Photo (1920) (Yu. Kolesnikov) by Picture N. Andreev Russia Stamp Album - U.S.S.R. Page 476 www.ruskystamps.com USSR UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS 1970 Birth Centenary of V. I. Lenin (2nd Issue) SAMPLE Sculpture of V. I. Lenin (Yu. Kolesnikov) 1970 25th Anniv. of World 1970 16th Komsomol Congress Federation of Democratic Youth 1970 World Youth Meeting Komsomol Badge Young Workers & Federation Emblem Sculpture of V. I. Lenin (Yu. Kolesnikov) Russia Stamp Album - U.S.S.R. Page 477 www.ruskystamps.com USSR UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS 1970 25th Anniversary of Victory in Second World War 1970 P11.5 SAMPLE3826 1429 Order of Victory Treptow Monument Medals of Hero of the 4k (Berlin) USSR and Hero of Socialist Labour Eternal Flame Home Defence Order Order of Victory Russia Stamp Album - U.S.S.R. Page 478 www.ruskystamps.com USSR UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS 1970 50th Anniversary of Autonomous SSR SAMPLE Tatar SSR Arms & Government Karelian SSR Arms & Government Chuvash SSR Arms & Government Building (Kazan) Building (Petrozavodsk) Building (Cheboksary) Kalmyk SSR Arms & Government Udmurt SSR Arms & Government Mari SSR Arms & Government Building (Elista) Building (Izhevsk) Building (Ioshkar-Ola) 1970 World Football 1970 25th Anniversary and Gymnastics Championships of United Nations Gymnast on Bar Football Players “Swords into (Yugoslavia) (Mexico) Ploughshares” Russia Stamp Album - U.S.S.R.