Review of Davo Luxe Hingeless Stamp Album + Another Viewer Top-10 Postage Stamps (revised) [Ep. 51]
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- This is a revised version of episode 51. All of the postage stamp content is the same as before; the music has been eliminated, because of a copyright claim.
Have you ever thought about buying a hingeless stamp album for your postage stamp collection, and wondered if it was worth the cost? I bought my first one, recently, and in this episode of Ted Talks Stamps, I review it, and discuss its bad points and good points, so you can determine if you should lay out the money for one.
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Have been a Lighthouse man since my very 1st stockbook which was all of $ 10 in 1971. I have US , Israel and UK complete pages and binders in hingeless albums from Lighthouse . While most modern pages cost more than the stamps themselves ….. they are a true pleasure tho tracking down the many many varieties of US took quite a while indeed . Thank god for Bardo Stamps as he has most everyone the US has issued and a great guy to deal with . Enjoy 😉
Thanks, Truman. I’ve never held a Lighthouse hingeless album in my hand, but I do like my Lighthouse stockbooks.
Great video Ted, I always appreciate your honesty and candor.
Thank you very much, Raul.
I was thinking about getting one of these albums, so I appreciate you taking the time to review it. Though you threw me off guard with a different closing line. Happy Stamping!
Thanks, Dan. Happy stamping. 😄
Thanks Ted, I enjoy your videos. I am pleased to see this as I was about to order one of these for my Australian collection. Guess I better research other brands now. Shame as they look smart.
Glad I could help, Graeme. Thanks for watching.
Wow! That was an eye-opener. I wish I'd seen this before I bought my DAVO French Album (Up 1949). I've begun to discover all the missing varieties. I've had it for awhile so I can return it but eventually I'll have to upgrade. The hingeless part is what grabbed me but I've also noted that not all of them were mounted very well and some of the mounts are fragile- if you open them too far, they tear- in some cases, the mounts are cut so small the stamp extends about the top and there's a part on the bottom that won't separate- they probably had a defective lot because it's only in part of the album. Anyway, it's been a learning experience.
Sorry to hear about the faults in your album. It’s a shame they charge so much for such shoddy work.
Thank you for the review. I was thinking about getting Davo albums also but after this I will not. Thank you again. Really enjoy your video's.
Thanks, Terry.
Enjoyed your spot on review.
Thanks, SB.
Thank you for your review 👍🏻
Thank you, D.
As I have shared ……always been a Lighthouse man since a young lad in 1971 when I got my first stockbook . Hard to understand that Stanley Gibbons who seems to have stopped issuing album supplements is selling and pushing of all things DAVO albums for their UK customers . Hard to fathom King Charles pulling out the family collection to find only DAVO pages in which to place the very 1st stamps with his likeness ! It’s akin to putting earrings on a pig 🐷!
Hello Ted, thank you for this review. I like many other viewers had thought that Davo albums were a high end luxury stamp album which would have been something to purchase when I had the means to afford them but not now. It's disappointing to see that they missed major varieties. One other thing about hingless albums is that they don't account for odd stamps with extra selvage or blocks etc. Were I would cut a custom mount for the item. I guess I'll stick with my old Scott and Minkus binders.
Thank you for your comments, Daniel, and thanks for watching.
Good video with some legitimate complaints and limitations of the album. I have used Kabe albums and buy blank pages. It is a lot of work printing them, cutting mounts and laying the stamps out, but i feel the end result is worth it. I am a collector of early Australian colonies and was able to include all the papers for the 1850 Sydney view issues including watermarked paper and the ribbed paper not listed by Stanley Gibbons but mentioned in Billigs. Have also been able to display stamps including a Lake Lefroy local stamp this way.
Only advice I could give someone wanting to buy a stamp album is be prepared to spend money for a good quality product.
Thankfully, I focus on general US 1890-1920 used. Appreciate the passion!
Thanks, Zach. And, by the way, I don’t believe I ever thanked you for that sub cover. So, Thank you very much.
@@tedtalksstampsI think you did.
Great video, didn't know there is a Sleepy Hollow stamp. The film and the story is bone chilling and the stamp a must have. Could you suggest an album that holds unusual stamps and souvenir sheets.
Sorry, Sayantan, I don’t know of any ready-made album like that.
Thought that video looked familiar. Still enjoyed it & really liked the Polish T-shirt, where can I get one?
I can’t recall where that shirt came from. Maybe a sister got it for me.
Thanks! Did not know the Davo albums were simplfied... that's a bit disappointing given the gaps and price of the albums.
Enjoyed
Thanks, Alan.
a great album for postage stamps
I'm always worrying to keep my stamps in Hingeless albums as my collection is themed.
Awesome :-)
Thanks, Nisarg.
I came across some nice pages from a place called Stamp Paraphernalia. I'd really like your opinion on them, or to see a review. I've gotten one decade (1940s) so far, still hesitant to go all in due to so many options out there.
Then there is making your own pages but that'll have to wait till retirement lol.
Thanks, Greg, I'll check them out.
I just started putting my British stamps into albums, bought a binder from Royal Mail and design my own pages. I am planning to buy a Davo Greek binder without the pages.
Sounds great. I love designing my own pages, getting the layout, text, and fonts just as I like them.
@@tedtalksstamps Exactly. Thank you for your review, at least I know Davo binders are fine.
I once purchased a DAVO album and was sorely disappointed the failure to provide spaces for MAJOR varieties.
I hear ya they are literally a major disappointment.
Yes, own the Belgian albums. Some series are first grouped by theme, then they change method and do it chronologically, and then later they decide to do it by theme again.
And sometimes they include space for a second type of paper, but they forgot there were stamps with yet another type of paper. And then later with other series they totally forgot there were different kinds of papers. There are even some stamps completely missing like COB 810A which should be at the end of Davo I is not there, they put in a thematic album where it doesn't belong. There was apparently no quality control. And mistakes that were made are never corrected. Such a shame.
I bought a Davo US album several years ago and also returned it for the same reasons. Too simplified and hinges falling off the pages. I had at least one hinge that was upside down!
This must have been so disappointing. I can almost see you starting to enthusiastically transfer your stamps and hitting that wall of ''dang, no room every single stamp''. I have yet to find an album system that suits my needs. For now, I keep my collection in Lighthouse stockbooks. Works fo me so far.
Hi Ted, Yugoslavia had a very god engravers. Here is my list of 10 engraved stamps that you could include in next video. 1. Diocletian palace in Split, 1,20 dinars, issued in 1975, Michel no. 1627, 2. Abu Simbel Tempel, Ramzes II, 50 din., 1962, Mi. No. 993, 3. Indian, sculpture in Chicago, 100 din., 1963, Mi. no. 1055, 4. Njegos, Montenegrin ruler and poet, 100 din., 1963, Mi. no. 1068, 5. F. Engels, comrade of Marx, 25 din., Mi. no. 1091, 6. Federal Parliament in Belgrade, 200 din., 1965, Mi. no. 1111, 7. D. Tucovic, 500 din., 1965., Mi. no. 1141, 8. Sibenik, 0,30 din., 1966, Mi. no. 1184, 9. Trogir cathedral, 0,85 din., 1967, Mi. no. 1224, 10. Battle of roosters painting by Paja Jovanovic, 3 din., 1967, Mi. no. 1260. Happy stamping! Zvezdan, Serbia
Thank you, Zvezdan. I will put your list together.
Post Note : just discovered that my Lighthouse is effective for 2022 Dropping Israel as a collectible issue for both tabs and mini sheets . I have purchasing LH albums for over 50 years and I find as a collector to have a small but major country dropped without warning to be horrific . I will look at SAFE albums now for my Israel issues going forward . Any advice from those who use safe is welcome … thanks!
Wow, that’s a bummer. I don’t have any personal experience with SAFE, myself.
I actually had anticipated that the mini sheets were being eliminated so stocked up on their LB sheets which are basically high quality album off white pages with many varying sizes to accommodate stamps , ss, and the mini sheets themselves . These all fit seamlessly in the albums, and allow for a little flair in custom layouts tho not as beautiful as the official supplement layouts
You Tube has a few SAFE reviews and endorsements from a Happy German or UK collector . Very nice quality ….. tho looks more like a high end stockbook layout with no artistry in the stamp layout .
@@moonwalker_925 from the pictures I’ve seen, they’ve always seemed like a very expensive stockbook.
The thing that really gets me is that they continue to sell the gold embossed red binders on the web site . There was a mention on the 2021 supplement pre orders that the mini sheets were being eliminated after 2021…. But NO mention of the country itself . I wrote the US office in NJ about this when I saw the entire country missing from the 2022 European catalog and they said it was far too popular to ever be dropped .
Contemplating getting the Netherlands album of theirs. They’re way cheaper and easier to get than the Lighthouse ones (which I’d prefer) where I live (The Netherlands). I really like the look of SAFE albums though, but so far haven’t found a Dutch or even German site who sells them strangely enough. Only a US one, even if it’s a German brand. (But their German website doesn’t sell the same albums as the US website does.) Perhaps I should just visit a physical German stamp store or something.
Good luck in your search, and keep me posted about your results.
So an update. I did finally find that I should actually be able to order from the German SAFE album site, but I only got one option for payment, which I can't use. I did find a Dutch site which sells Lindler Albums though. They're similar in prize and quality compared to the Safe albums, and like with the Safe albums you can look at the back of the stamp. I'll probably be getting the Bavaria and German Empire pages plus two albums and album folders for about 365 euros.
@@fenrik8178 sounds good. I’m glad you found a suitable solution.
Helvetia is the Latin name for Switzerland, otherwise they'd have to print four words in German, French, Italian and Romansch.
Correct. (And hello, from a former Biloxi resident. 2-timer, actually, when my dad was stationed at Keesler, and then when I went to tech school at Keesler.)
As for the albums, I have both Davo and Lighthouse hingeless. In my opinion Germans made better albums. Simply, leaves lie flat because of the holes in it unlike Dutch albums. They are expensive both. That fact made me buy blank leaves Lighthouse and enjoy making my album by myself, without computer support. I draw the spaces for stamps using Rotring black pen. Zvezdan
Sounds good, Zvezdan. I am going to get hold of a Lighthouse hingeless album to review
Bought Davo (>20 albums) and now I regret it. Missing spaces, missing paper types, and why the hell can't you just leave an album open. It closes by itself all the time.
Such a cheap design. Davo should rethink their albums, get rid of the existing ones and start produce albums with hinges that stay open.
Preferably with hinges at the exact same location where the holes in the papers are now.
I hear ya.
I don't like the DAVO albums. 1/ you can't put the pages flat rather than the 3,5,or more. 2/ very simple printed pages, with just the year etc.
I agree, the page design is rather pedestrian.
@@tedtalksstamps i wonder if you could get the binder without the pages, and add from another source the pages or do your own pages. How are you doing in your new house in Germany, hoping to see you up with more vid's soon as the weather changes for Autumn
I have an old brand I want to sell. this is not my account this is sina
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