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 4 U.S.S.R. Soviet Period 1960 - 1969 Currency: 100 Kopeks = 1 Rouble USSR UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS 1960 1960 Birth Centenary of Chekhov 75th Birth Anniv. Frunze (Writer) Chekhov and Moscow Residence Chekhov and Yalta Residence M. V. Frunze (Military Leader) SAMPLE (1885-1925) 1960 8th Winter Olympic Games 1960 Birth Centenary Gabrichevsky Ice Hockey Ice Skating G. N. Gabrichevsky (Micro-biologist) (1860-1907) 1960 50th Death Anniv. Komissarzhevskaya Skiing Free-skating V. F. Komissarzhevskaya (Actress) (1864-1910) Ski Jumping Russia Stamp Album - U.S.S.R. Page 301 www.ruskystamps.com USSR UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS 1960 AIR Post 1960 Heroes of Second World War Timur Frunze and Air Battle Chernyakhovsky and Battle Scene Mil Mi-4 Helicopter SAMPLE over Kremlin 1960 15th Anniversary Liberation of Hungary 1960 50th Anniversary 1960 40th Anniversary International Women's Day Azerbaijan Republic Women of Various Races Liberty Monument, Government House, Budapest Baku 1960 Moon Research - Flight of “Lunik 3” 1960 15th Anniversary Czechoslovak Republic “Lunik 3” Lunar Map “Fraternisation” Charles Bridge, Photographing Moon Prague Russia Stamp Album - U.S.S.R. Page 302 www.ruskystamps.com USSR UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS 1960 For General Disarmament Presentation of Statue by Russia to United Nations SAMPLE “Swords into Ploughshares” “Swords into Ploughshares” Means...to turn away from war, to peaceful pursuits. From The Bible, Old Testament, Isaiah 2 “They shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.” 1960 Completion First Year of 7-Year Plan 1960 1960 Radio Day 150th Birth Anniv. of Robert Schumann Popov Museum, Furnaceman R. Schumann Leningrad (1810-1856) Russia Stamp Album - U.S.S.R. Page 303 www.ruskystamps.com USSR UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS 1960 90th Birth Anniversary of Lenin Lenin When a Child Lenin Holding Child Lenin and Revolutionary SAMPLE Scenes Lenin with Party Banners Lenin and Industrial Scenes Lenin with Globe and Rejoicing People Vladimir Ilyich Lenin was born on April 22, 1870. Lenin thoroughly appropriated the world view developed by Marx and Engels and let himself be directed by their whole scientific and political activity. Lenin's preserved body is on permanent display at the Lenin Mausoleum in Moscow. Because of Lenin's unique role in the creation of the first Communist state, and despite his expressed wish shortly before his death that no memorials be created for him, his character was elevated over time to the point of near religious reverence. By the 1980s, every major city in the Soviet Union had a statue of Lenin in its central square, either a Lenin street or a Lenin Square near the centre, and often 20 or more smaller statues and busts throughout its terri- tory. Collective farms, medals, hybrids of wheat, and even an asteroid were named after him. Children were taught stories about "granddaddy Lenin" while they were still in kindergarten. Since the fall of the Soviet Union, the level of reverence for Lenin in post-Soviet republics has gone down considerably, but he is still considered an important figure by the generations who grew up during the Soviet period. Most statues of Lenin have been torn down in Eastern Europe, but many still remain in Russia. The city of Leningrad returned to its original name, St Petersburg, but the surrounding Leningrad Oblast still carries his name. The citizens of Ulyanovsk, Lenin's birthplace, have so far resisted all attempts to revert its name to Simbirsk. The subject of interring Lenin's body has been a recurring topic for several years in Russia. 1960 75th Birth Anniv. of Sverdlov 1960 Philatelists' Day Ya. M. Sverdlov Magnifier and Stamp (1885-1919) Russia Stamp Album - U.S.S.R. Page 304 www.ruskystamps.com USSR UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS 1960 Capitals of Autonomous Republic (1st Series) Petrozavodsk Batum SAMPLE(Karelian Republic) (Adzharian) Izhevsk Grozny Cheboksary (Udmurt) (Chechen-Ingush) (Chuvash) Yakutsk Ordzhonikidze Nukus (Yakut) (North Ossetian) (Kara-Kalpak) Makhachkala Yoshkar-Ola (Daghestan) (Mari) Russia Stamp Album - U.S.S.R. Page 305 www.ruskystamps.com USSR UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS 1960 International Children’s Day Children of VariousSAMPLE Races Children on Farm Children with Snowman Children in Zoo Gardens 1960 First Soviet Cosmic Rocket ‘Spacecraft 1’ (Vostok type) 1960 40th Anniv. of Karelian 1960 First Intl. Automation Autonomous Republic Control Federation Congress Petrozavodsk I.F.A.C. Emblem (Karelian Republic) Rocket 1960 1960 Kosta Hetagurov Commemoration First Plant Construction of Seven Year Plan Hetagurov and Scene Cement Works Metal Works, from his Works Novoknvorog Russia Stamp Album - U.S.S.R. Page 306 www.ruskystamps.com USSR UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS 1960 Mechanisation Automation of Production 1960 20th Anniv. Moldavian Republic Kishinez, CapstansSAMPLE and Cogwheel Factory Plant Capital of Moldavia 1960 20th Anniversary of Soviet Baltic Republics Vilnius, Lithuania Riga, Latvia Tallin, Estonia 1960 International Philatelic Exhibition 1960 15th Anniv. of Vietnam Democratic Republic Agriculture and Industry Book Museum, Hanoi Russia Stamp Album - U.S.S.R. Page 307 www.ruskystamps.com USSR UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS 1960 17th Summer Olympic Games SAMPLERunning Wrestling Basketball Weightlifting Boxing High-diving Fencing Gymnastics Canoeing Horse-jumping The Games of the XVII Olympiad, were held in 1960 in Rome, Italy. Representatives of the USSR won 15 of 16 possible medals in women's gymnastics. The USSR placed 1st winning 103 medals - Gold 43; Silver 29; Bronze 31. Russia Stamp Album - U.S.S.R. Page 308 www.ruskystamps.com USSR UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS 1960 125th Birth Anniv. 1960 Fifth World G. Minkh (Epidemiologist) Forestry Congress, Seattle 1960 Birth Cent. of Levitan (Painter) “March” “Forest” G. N. MinkhSAMPLE (1836-1896) 1960 15th Anniv. of World Federation of Trade Unions 1960 International 1960 40th Anniversary Correspondence Week Soviet Kazakh Republic Addressing Letter Globes People of Kazakhstan 1960 Second Cosmic Rocket Flight Kremlin, Dogs ‘Belka’ and ‘Strelka’ and Rocket Trajectory Dogs in Space! - Belka and Strelka During the 1950s and 1960s the USSR used a number of dogs for sub-orbital and orbital space flights to determine whether human spaceflight was feasible. In the 1950s and 60s, the Soviet Union launched missions with passenger slots for at least 57 dogs. The actual number of dogs in space is smaller, as some dogs flew more than once. Most survived; the few that died were lost mostly through technical failures. Belka (literally "Squirrel", but as a dog's name most likely means "Whitey"), and Strelka ("Little Arrow") spent a day in space aboard Korabl-Sputnik-2 (Sputnik 5) on August 19, 1960 before safely returning to Earth.