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 6 U.S.S.R. Soviet Period 1980 - 1991 Currency: 100 Kopeks = 1 Rouble USSR UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS 1980 13th Winter Olympic Games, Lake Placid 1980 P12.5 x 12 4957 1910 6k. SAMPLEFigure Skating Ice Hockey Downhill Skiing Speed Skating Luge Cross-country Skiing Russia Stamp Album - U.S.S.R. Page 659 www.ruskystamps.com USSR UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS 1980 50th Anniversary of Mordovian ASSR of Russian Federation 1980 Birth Cent of Podvoisky (Revolutionary) SAMPLE N. I. Podvoisky (1880-1948) Industry and Agriculture, Coat of Arms of Mordovia 1980 22nd Summer Olympic Games, Moscow - Athletics (7th Series) 1980 P12.5 x 12 4963 1911 6k. + 3k. Running Hurdling High Jumping Long Jumping Walking Russia Stamp Album - U.S.S.R. Page 660 www.ruskystamps.com USSR UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS 1980 Olympiada-80 “Tourism around the Golden Ring” (6th Series) SAMPLE Moscow Kremlin Moscow, Kalinin Prospect 1980 Birth Anniversaries of Soviet Artists “Rainbow” A. K. Savrasov (1830-1897) “On Harvest Summer” A. G. Venetsianov (1780-1847) “Old Yerevan” M. S. Saryan (1880-1972) Russia Stamp Album - U.S.S.R. Page 661 www.ruskystamps.com USSR UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS 1980 22nd Summer Olympic Games, Moscow - Athletics (8th Series) SAMPLEPole Vaulting Discus Throwing 1980 P12.5 x 12 4975 1911 10k. + 5k. Throwing the Javelin Throwing the Hammer Putting the Shot Relay Racing Russia Stamp Album - U.S.S.R. Page 662 www.ruskystamps.com USSR UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS 1980 15th Anniversary of First Walk in Space SAMPLE Aleksei Leonov & Spaceship “Voskhod-2” 1980 Olympiada-80 “Tourism around the Golden Ring” (7th Series) 1980 60th Birth Anniversary of Georg Ots (Estonian Singer) G. K. Ots (1920-1975) Leningrad, Admiralty Leningrad, Monument to the and St. Isaac's Cathedral Defenders of Leningrad Russia Stamp Album - U.S.S.R. Page 663 www.ruskystamps.com USSR UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS 1980 Intercosmos Space Programme SAMPLE Cosmonauts, “Salyut” - “Soyuz”, Complex and Emblem 1980 110th Birth Anniv of Lenin 1980 50th Anniversary of Order of Lenin Order of Lenin Russia Stamp Album - U.S.S.R. Page 664 www.ruskystamps.com USSR UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS 1988 Birth Cent of Bonch-Bruevich 1988 125th Anniversary (Radio Engineer) of International Red Cross SAMPLE M. A. Bonch-Bruevich Nurse and Emblem (1888-1940) 1988 World Speed Skating Championships Skater Label. Emblem of Speed Skating and Medeo Ice-rink 1988 500th Anniv of Frantsisk Skorina (Printer) 1988 Birth Cent of Makarenko 1988 Labour Day (Educationist and Writer) A. S. Makarenko (1888-1939) Banners and Globe Frantsisk Skorina (1485-1540) Russia Stamp Album - U.S.S.R. Page 810 www.ruskystamps.com USSR UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS 1988 Birth Cent of Kingisepp (Revolutionary) 1988 Centenary 1988 Birth Cent of Shaginyan of Russian Athletics (Writer) Track and Athlete M. S. Shaginyan SAMPLE (1888-1982) V. E. Kingisepp 1988 Cosmonautics Day 1988 Victory (V.E.) Day 1988 40th Anniversary of USSR-Finland Friendship State Flags, Kremlin Palace of Congresses and Finlandia Hall "Victory" "Mir"; "Soyuz TM” Space (P. Krivonogov, 1948) Complex and "Progress” Spacecraft 1988 150th Anniversary of Sochi Railway Station Building Russia Stamp Album - U.S.S.R. Page 811 www.ruskystamps.com USSR UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS 1988 118th Birth Anniversary of V. I. Lenin SAMPLE Lenin and Lenin Museum in Moscow; Lenin and Lenin Museum in Kiev Lenin and Lenin Museum in Leningrad; Lenin and Lenin Museum in Krasnojarsk 1988 Birth Cent of Akulov 1988 World Exhibition 1988 170th Birth Anniversary (Communist Party Official) EXPO-88 of Karl Marx I. A. Akulov Exhibition Emblem Portrait of Karl Marx (Soviet Display) 1988 Perestroika (Reformation) Workers and Soldiers Banner, Industrial Scenes and Worker Russia Stamp Album - U.S.S.R. Page 812 www.ruskystamps.com USSR UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS 1988 XV Winter Olympic Games, Soviet Medal Winners 1988 Birth Cent of Shvernik (Politician) SAMPLE N. M. Shvernik (1888-1970) Red overprint on margin "Sportsmen of USSR win 11 gold, 9 silver and 9 bronze medals" 1988 Hunting Dogs Russian Borzoi Kirgizian Borzoi Russian Hound 1988 P11.5 5875 2374 20k. Russian Spaniel East Siberian Husky Russia Stamp Album - U.S.S.R. Page 813 www.ruskystamps.com USSR UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS 1988 Soviet-American 1988 Birth Cent of Kuibyshev 1988 Soviet-Bulgarian Summit in Moscow (Politician) Space Flight State FlagsSAMPLE of USSR and V. V. Kuibyshev Flags of USSR and Bulgaria; USA and Handshake (1888-1935) "MIR" and Spacecraft "Soyuz TM-5" 1988 XIX Conference 1988 For Nuclear-free World of Communist Party of USSR Emblem of Conference Portrait of Lenin and Interior of Palace of Congresses Demonstration with Peace Banners, Globe 1988 Soviet-Canadian Transarctic Ski Expedition Flags, Skis and Globe Palace of Congresses and Spasskaya Tower Portrait of Lenin and Hammer and Sickle Russia Stamp Album - U.S.S.R. Page 814 www.ruskystamps.com USSR UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS 1988 Summer Olympic Games, Seoul SAMPLEHurdling Long Jumping 1988 P12 5887 2381 15k. Basketball Gymnastics Swimming Football Russia Stamp Album - U.S.S.R. Page 815 www.ruskystamps.com USSR UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS 1988 Deciduous Forest Flowers Spring Pea (Orobus vernus) Giant Bellflower Lungwort SAMPLE(Campanula latifolia) (Pulmonaria obscura) Turk's-cap Lily Ficaria verna (Lilium martagon) 1988 International Space Project Phobos 1988 70th Birth Anniversary 1988 70th Anniversary of Nelson Mandela of Komsomol (Fighter for freedom of Africa) Komsomol Badge Nelson Mandela Phobos and "Phobos" Space Probe Russia Stamp Album - U.S.S.R. Page 816 www.ruskystamps.com USSR UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS 1988 Horses in Paintings “Light-grey Arab Stallion" SAMPLE(N. Sverchkov, 1860) 1988 P12 x 12.5 5902 2386 20k. "Horsewoman on Orlov-Rastopchin Horse" (N. Sverchkov) "Konvoets" "Letuchy. Grey Stallion of (M.A. Vrubel, 1882) Orlov Trotter Breed" (V. Serov, 1886) 1988 Philatelic Exhibition 1988 Birth Cent of P. Voikov 70th Anniversary of Komsomol (Diplomat) "Serdar. Akhaltekin Stallion" (A. Villevalde, 1882 Black overprint P. L. Voikov "Philexhibition. Moscow" (1888-1927) Russia Stamp Album - U.S.S.R. Page 817 www.ruskystamps.com USSR UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS 1988 Paintings - Soviet Culture Fund 1988 P12.5 x 12 5907 2389 SAMPLE15k. + 7k. "Boyarynya looking at Embroidery Design" (K. V. Lebedev, 1905) "Portrait of O.K. Lansere" "Talent" (N. P. Bogdanov-Belsky, (Z. E. Serebryakova, 1910) the end of 1910's) "Holy Trinity" Icon, Novgorod School) Russia Stamp Album - U.S.S.R.