Railway topical pages

[samb]

I was wondering if anyone has seen any pages available for topical collectors? I've searched for some for railway and have had no luck. I was told that Mystic had some available a few years ago but nothing on there website now... Unless I overlooked it. If anyone has some help, thanks in advance!

[darkormex]

samb, I found this but it is for US stamps only....


www.amosadvantage.com/product.asp?category=MINKPGSTP&part_no=MTRAP&find_category=MINKPGSTP&find_description=&find_part_desc=

[samb]

I found the pages by Mystic on eBay but its only about 10 pages according to the description from the seller. I've seen a bunch of different sites with topical pages but none for railway/trains.

[kacyds]

I thought the APS might have some, but they dont....

stamps.org/Free-Album-Pages

[Admin Bear]

the only ones i have seen are typically quadrille pages with a train on the top and if you are really lucky maybe a country name.

i have not found any good topical pages for any topic with spaces for all the potential stamps from around the world. occasionally you will find one that is country/topic specific but those are harder to locate.

For my Ships collection i am using a set of Voyager albums from Mystic.. perhaps these would work for you as well?

[khj]

Almost all commercial "topical pages" are in reality "blank album pages" with simply an elegant page border and a fancy header -- similar to the one described by Admin Bear. They do look nice, but in general there will not be any pre-printed spaces for specific stamps or stamp illustrations. There simply isn't enough demand for most topicals. Also, many topicals include more than a few stamps that are not Scott-listed, which makes album manufacturers hesitant to include them. For example, there are quite a few train stamps from South America, the Middle East, African West Coast... that are not Scott listed.

There are exceptions in which very comprehensive topical albums exist, such as: American Bicentenniel, Disney, Diana, ominibus issues...

If you are interested in the artistic blank album pages, White Ace pages are considered the classic commercial pages for US-based collectors. White Ace did produce a "RAILROADS" page -- probably the one mentioned by Admin Bear. I believe their blank pages are sold in packs of 12 and should still be available from some of the major East Coast stamp supply dealers.

Many topical collectors rely on topical lists (from ATA) or topical catalogs (e.g., Domfil) to organize their stamps/pages.

[Philatarium]

Steiner makes blank pages available that are consistent with the style of the main pages.  

The blank ones are free, and look like they come in several different variations:


www.stampalbums.com/blank_pages.asp

[Philatarium]

Also, the American Topical Association has some blank topical pages, primarily oriented to youth. Here are the selections just within the Transportation category:

americantopicalassn.org/yalbumpages_transportation.shtml

In my opinion, you could probably pretty easily design your own that would look nicer than what's out there.

[khj]

For your reference, this is what the White Ace railroad topical album page looks like:

[Craig]

Nice, Kim!

[clif]

Dec 4, 2015 14:29:42 GMT -5 khj said:

For your reference, this is what the White Ace railroad topical album page looks like:

could you run that through your printer and put boxes labels etc ... I bet you could

[khj]

The White Ace pages tend to be pretty thick and heavyweight. I've never tried printing on them and don't know if they go through easily if you don't have a straight feed printer. I don't know the specifications for the White Ace Topical Pages. You'd have to contact the dealer.