EXAMPLE 1.
While Scott in its most recent editions has sometimes lopped off a few stamps that were in earlier editions when they occured at the end of pages, on occasion an entire page gets dropped. For example, WWI Austrian Military stamps were in editions at least through 1947, but were MIA by 1969.
EXAMPLE 2.
Sometimes an entire country originally in the "Blue" has been dropped from the latest editions. Again, these tend to be countries that only had a row or two of stamps at the bottom of pages devoted to another country, but sometimes an entire page bites the dust. These German states were in editions at least through 1947, but were gone by 1969. Note the space taken up by the flags and coats of arms.
EXAMPLE 3.
As with later editions of the Scott catalogs, newer versions of the International helpfully attempt to bring together sets that span multiple years. You can see this with Angola. The 1943 edition has the Ceres series that began in 1913 split between 1913, 1922 and 1925/26. By 1969, this series had been edited into one sequence. Interestingly, some stamps that were in the 1943 edition are missing from the 1969 edition and vice versa for no obvious reason.
EXAMPLE 4.
One noteworthy feature of the latest editions is their ability to integrate with the International Volume 2 and beyond. This required Scott to split off categories of BOB stamps, such as airmails or postage dues, so they could be on their own pages. You can see this at work with Australia. The first scan is of 1943 with regular postage, airmails, and then postage dues, all on one page.
By 1969, Scott had started to rearrange pages in anticipation of the wholesale changes it would make in the 1970s. 
Finally, the 1997 version shows the additional splits that are now typical through the album and which helps explain why it is in four parts. (I've omitted any blank backs of pages.) 
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All of the sample pages are the same in the '55 edition.
I compared the 47 to the 55 and found the following differences. There was some correction to alphabetization and some additions and deletions but no effort to break out multi-country pages unless it came along with another change. Here is what I found:
Abysinnia became Ethiopia in the '55 and was properly alphabetized. The page layout was the same.
Aden, which shared a page with the tail end of Abysinnia in the '47 got its own page in the '55 with the same issues and slghtly different layout.
Armenia was after Alexandretta in the '47 and after Argentine Republic in the '55.
Belgium has additional parcel post and officials in the '55 but took up the same number of pages. A blank page in the '47 between the 1931 and 1932 semipostals was eliminated.
Caroline Isalnds and Castellorizo share a page in both but was after Bolivia in the '47 and after Cape Verde in the '55.
Denmark and and additional page for regular issues in the '55, going up to 1940; the '47 ends with the 1938 issues.
Hatay was after Guatemala in the 47 and after Haiti in the '55 (before the Hamburg-Hanover-Heligoland page, almost correct alpha order).
Libia had 5 pages in '47 (one bland) and 10 in '55.
A blank page after Mauritania was removed in the '55.
Monaco went from 2 pages in '47 to 4 pages in '55.
Nejd shared a page with Nepal in '47. It is not in the '55 at all.
Pitcairn Islands was removed in the '55.
A blank page after Reunion was removed in '55.
A blank page after St. Pierre and Miqulon was removed in '55.
A blank page between the Salvador Airpost and Officials was eliminated in '55.
Saudi Arabia was added to the '55 and placed on its own page after the Sardina-Saseno-Schleswig page.
Tripolitania went from 9 pages in '47 to 6 pages in '55.
White Russia was eliminated in the '55.
This is really helpful. I've compared what you say about the '55 edition with my '69 version. I'm particularly intrigued with the expanded listings for Belgium, Denmark, Libia, Monaco, and Tripolitania. When I have a chance, I'll look at these in more detail.
Abyssinia became Ethiopia in the '55 and was properly alphabetized. The page layout was the same. '69 is the same as the '55.
Aden, which shared a page with the tail end of Abysinnia in the '47 got its own page in the '55 with the same issues and slightly different layout. '69 is the same as the '55.
Armenia was after Alexandretta in the '47 and after Argentine Republic in the '55. '69 is the same as the '55 (Argentine Republic is Argentina in the '69).
Belgium has additional parcel post and officials in the '55 but took up the same number of pages. A blank page in the '47 between the 1931 and 1932 semipostals was eliminated. Presumably same in the '69.
Caroline Islands and Castellorizo share a page in both but was after Bolivia in the '47 and after Cape Verde in the '55. Caroline Islands and Castellorizo are on the same page in the '69 but follow Cape of Good Hope.
Denmark and and additional page for regular issues in the '55, going up to 1940; the '47 ends with the 1938 issues. I had never noticed but in the '69, there is actually one set that is 1934-41 in addition to the other stamps being through 1940.
Hatay was after Guatemala in the 47 and after Haiti in the '55 (before the Hamburg-Hanover-Heligoland page, almost correct alpha order). Hatay is on the same page as Hejaz and Horta in the '69 and follows Hawaii.
Libia had 5 pages in '47 (one bland) and 10 in '55. '69 also has ten pages.
A blank page after Mauritania was removed in the '55. '69 is the same as the '55.
Monaco went from 2 pages in '47 to 4 pages in '55. Monoco is 3 in '69 plus a blank page.
Nejd shared a page with Nepal in '47. It is not in the '55 at all. Nejd is also missing in the '69 and Nepal has its own page (on the back of New Brunswick and Nevis).
Pitcairn Islands was removed in the '55. Same as with '69.
A blank page after Reunion was removed in '55. The blank page is back in the '69!
A blank page after St. Pierre and Miqulon was removed in '55. Same as with '69.
A blank page between the Salvador Airpost and Officials was eliminated in '55. Same as with '69.
Saudi Arabia was added to the '55 and placed on its own page after the Sardina-Saseno-Schleswig page. In the '69 Saudi Arabia is on the same page as Sardinia and Saxony. Schleswig is missing in the '69.
Tripolitania went from 9 pages in '47 to 6 pages in '55. It is 7 pages in '69.
White Russia was eliminated in the '55. Missing in '69.
Tripolitania actually contracted from 9 to 6 rather than expanded, as the others did. How many pages was Tripolitania in the '69?
I compared the two albums page by page but didn't examine each page vety thoroughly. As I'm going through the '47 and moving stamps to the '55, there may be more subtle changes. So far I've seen a few additions to Argentina.
Tripolitania is 7 pages in the '69. Here's a comparison between the '47 and the '69 (hope I've got all this right):
'47 page 1: same as '69
'47 page 2: same as '69
'47 page 3: Scott 59-72 from 1933/34 are missing from the '69.
'47 page 4: Scott 73-78 are at the top of page 4 in the '47 are at the end of regular/commemorative issues in the '69. The '47 then starts the semi-postal issues.
'47 page 5: The '69 edition is missing B13-B18 from 1927, B23-B26 from 1928, B37-B41 from 1929 and B43-B47 from 1930. The '69 edition does provide spaces for the overprinted B19-B22 that aren't in the '47 version.
'47 page 6: Scott B54-58 at the top of page 5 have been moved to page 7 of the '69 version. The remaining semi-postals on page 4 in the '47 are missing in the '69: B59-B65 from 1931, B67-B76 from 1932, and B77-B82 from 1935.
'47 page 7: The semi-postal special delivery stamps at the top of this page, EB1-2, EB3 from 1927 and 1931 are missing from the '69 version. The rest of the airmail stamps on this page in the '47 are also in the '69.
'47 page 8: Has an illustrated space for C21 plus a blank space. The '69 version has designated spaces for C21-C23 plus a blank space. Both have spaces for C29, and curiously, a space with a cut of the overprint but no indication of the value (but obviously must be C30, C31 or 32). Even stranger, the '47 immediately follows these with two spaces for stamps with the indication "Same Surcharged" but this isn't correct. The spaces don't belong to the stamps of Scott type AP2 but rather the set C38-C41 which are neither illustrated or adequately described. The '69 version has been edited to make this much clearer: C38-C39 are specifically illustrated followed by spaces for the other two. Both versions end the airmails with CC43-48. Finally, the '47 version has a cut for the airmail special delivery stamp CE1 and a blank space for CE2 or CE3-4. The '69 version is missing these BOB items.
'47 page 9: Of the semi-postal airmail stamps, the '69 version is missing CB1, CB2-[CB5], and CB6-8 plus extra space. CB12-CB16 plus a blank space are in both editions, then the '69 drops CB22-CB26.
Whew!
I went over Tripolitania again in the '55. It's seven pages, not six as I said before. The layout matches your description of the '69.
Another difference: For Central Lithuania, B7-B12 and J7-J12 were removed from the '55, reducing Central Lithuania from 2 1/2 pages to 2. Ceylon, which started on the same page as the end of Central Lithuania in the '47, starts on a new page in the '55. Ceylon is otherwise the same.
I recently picked up a '64 edition and it looks like it is much closer to the '69 than it is to the earlier editions.
From the original post, the Austrian military stamps are gone. The Baden page is gone and the Angola page matches the '69 example. The Australia page matches the '47 and '55.
The US revenues and souvenier sheet page are gone and the Scott numbering on the US stamps is updated.
It looks like there was some effort to allow for integration with later volumes. There are still pages with more than one country, but a country won't start on the back of a page of another country if the preceding country continues in Volume 2.
I may do a comprehensive comparison to the earlier editions if time permits. If you have a particular question before I do it let me and I'll check it out.
Great information. Could you confirm, if you have a chance, that the 1964 edition is where Scott added the #2 George Washington, the 10 cent 1847?
Yes it does. Also, the flags and coats of arms at the beginning of each country are gone.
I forgot about the flags and coats of arms. Your post implies they are still there in the '55 album? I would think (i.e., guess) than when Scott decided to eliminate the flags and coats of arms that the editors might have used this as an opportunity to make layout changes, at least on the "first" pages.
The flags and coat of arms are in the 55.
Update to my Nov 8 post. Nejd didn't actually go away, it became Saudi Arabia.
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