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Album — catalogue

The running catalogue. One row per stamp; the story column is the point of the whole project, so a stamp isn't "done" until it has one. Don't catalogue everything before capturing any stories — do them together, page by page, while the person who knows is in the room.

Story page — the format (one per notable stamp)

Stamp 001 — (country, year, subject) What it shows: the design and what it commemorates. How it came to us: the journey — a letter, a trade, a trip, a gift. Why it stayed: the reason this one survived the culls. Worth a look because: the hook that makes a visitor lean in.

Preservation checklist (do once, per the whole collection)

• Acid-free mounts / hingeless pages — no tape, ever
• Stored flat, out of direct light and away from damp
• Handled with tongs, not fingers
• Each page photographed as the digital backup — the copy that survives water and travels