In a surprising move, Scott announced today that they are discontinuing the International stamp albums. According to the press release: "We have been producing the International album since 1914. And even though our expenses are negligible to sell an incomplete album with errors and omissions that have been there for decades, been there, done that."
Scott says it will concentrate on albums targeting Bitcoin collectors. But they promise to remain philatelically forward looking. "When someone issues Bitstamps, we will be ready."
The famous stamp collector Josiah Lilly said that there were 100,000 postage stamps he wanted for his collection and he succeeded in acquiring 77,000. My considerably easier target is 35,000 of the more common stamps from 1840-1940 contained in the Scott Blue International Album Volume 1. This blog will record my progress, provide general information about Classic era philately and hopefully encourage other "Blue" collectors.
