Examples/Stamps
Your stamp collection
deserves more than a stockbook.
Countries, denominations, catalogue refs, condition, value — kept where they belong. No glassine pile. No more guessing which one's the Position 78.
Inverted Jenny · 1918 24¢ Airmail
One record. Everything that matters about the stamp, kept with the stamp.
PLATE 01 — MNHInverted Jenny · 1918 24¢ Airmail
Scan · Drop · Or photograph the album page
Frame reads the scan — country, year, denomination, Scott or SG number, perforation, watermark. Edit any field before saving; first-day covers and used material work too (Frame reads the cancellation).
02 — Quick add
Scan the stamp. Frame fills the rest.
Scan a stamp and Frame reads it — country, year, denomination, Scott or SG number, perforation, watermark. Confirm in two seconds; correct anything that's off. New entries stop being a chore.
- Works on covers and FDCs too — Frame reads the cancellation
- Cert number captured straight from the expertization document
03 — Ask Frame
Ask your album anything. In plain English.
Talk to your collection. Frame answers from your own data — country, year, catalogue ref, condition, hinge status, value — and can act on what it finds. Surface set gaps, build a want-list, or generate an insurance export without writing a single formula.
- Filter by anything in your columns — country, era, catalogue, condition, hinge
- Turn answers into actions: want-lists, auction watch, exports
04 — Sharing
Showcase-ready links — read-only, no account needed.
Send a fellow philatelist, society judge, or appraiser a link to your full album or a single exhibit. They can browse, sort, and filter — but never edit. Hide values for a public showcase, show them for a swap, expire the link the day the exhibition ends.
- Per-link visibility: values, certs, storage location
- Revoke or expire any link instantly without affecting your data
Every stamp. Every catalogue. One view.
Built for how stamps are actually tracked.
Stamp collecting has its own grammar. Country + year + denomination identifies the stamp; the catalogue reference (Scott, Stanley Gibbons, Michel, Yvert) is the universal key. Condition and hinge status drive value — a never-hinged stamp is in a different league from a hinged one. Frame's fields are built for that, and Notes captures everything else: perforation count, watermark, cancellation type, expertization cert.
Outcomes, not features.
- 01
Filter by country or series to audit a set before a swap meet
- 02
Surface gaps in a series and turn them into a want-list
- 03
Export a current album for insurance with values and attached certs
- 04
Share a read-only album with another collector for a swap or appraisal
- 05
Track hinged vs MNH stamps so you know what's actually appreciating
Common questions.
Which catalogue does Frame standardize on — Scott, Stanley Gibbons, Michel?+
None. Use whichever catalogue you prefer in the Cat. ref. field — Scott numbers for US/world, Stanley Gibbons for British Commonwealth, Michel for German-speaking Europe, Yvert for France. Many collectors note multiple references (e.g. "SC C3a · SG 514") for cross-listing.
Can I track hinged and never-hinged stamps separately?+
Yes. The Hinged field is a yes/no toggle — filter to see all your MNH stamps, sort by value, decide which are worth submitting for expertization. Hinge status often doubles or triples a stamp's catalogue value.
How do I record certificates and expertization?+
Attach the cert as a document on the stamp record. Note the expertizer (PF, PSAG, BPA, RPS) and cert number in the Notes or a custom field. When you sell or exhibit, the cert travels with the stamp.
Can I track covers and first-day covers?+
Yes — add a Type tag ("single", "FDC", "cover", "used") or describe it in the Name field (e.g. "Penny Black on cover · 1840-05-06"). Covers are typically valued separately from the stamp on them.
Does Frame help with set completion?+
Yes. Filter by country + series and Frame shows what you have. Compare against a published checklist (Scott, SG) to surface gaps — turn the gap list into a want-list and share it with dealers or watch upcoming auctions.
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