Re: [IRCA] Home Display of QSL Letters & Cards

[Bruce Portzer <bportzer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

 Don

I keep all mine in three ring binders.  For the letters, I use 
transparent pockets that hold 8.5x11 sheets and have three holes punched 
on the side.  You can find them at most office supply stores.  For the 
postcard sized QSL cards, there are similar sized transparent sheets 
that have four pockets (approx 4.25"x5.5" each) so you can display the 
cards sideways.  I think they're also available at office supply places 
too, but they may be harder to find.

For the oddball sized cards (larger format ones), I've gone to photo 
supply shops and found similar transparent holders that handle 5x8 
photos etc.   It's been many years since I bought any of those, so I'm 
not sure if they're still available anymore.  I've also seen transparent 
sheets that hold 2 or 4 CDs or DVDs and you might be able to slips QSL 
cards into those.  They too have standard three holds on the side and 
can be found at your favorite office supply store.

I have the cards and letters filed alphabetically by 
state/province/country, and keep one set of notebooks for domestic and 
one for foreign.

Sorry to ear about your foreign QSLs

Bruce


On 8/27/2010 7:54 PM, Donald K. Kaskey wrote:
> I've had my QSLs buried in the basement for a long time, since I quit 
> collecting them a long time ago.  I've brought them all upstairs today 
> and find them in rather poor shape.  The mice nibbled on the folders I 
> had the letters in, but nothing actually ruined.  I need some ideas on 
> how to display these veries, better than what I am using---soft 
> folders with Binder Clips.
>
> Any ideas on improving the appearance of my collection will be 
> appreciated.  There are somewhere between 1000-1300 of them.  My best 
> ones, the foreign QSLs were all ruined by water when in storage around 
> 1973-75...This took all the starch out of collecting veries for me.
>
> Many thanks
>
> Don K.

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