Jeff Lynch

It is possible to do it but it is tricky.  You must format an Excel spreadsheet exactly as the Access database in Stampmanage is formatted and then copy and paste your data into Access.  I have done it but it was a struggle.  There are others on this forum who are much more familiar with this procedure than I am and better suited to give advice.

I just upgraded to Windows 11 and Stamp Manager continues to work fine.

A super low level ask, but must ask. How can I specify the flag a country uses if one is not currently used? 

Hi, sorry for the delay.  We did a video on this today:
 
 

If we only update the additional images it will not trigger the check for updates notification.  However, we will have a new update to StampManage Deluxe 2021 by late Sunday night May 9.

I was finally able to backup my 2019 date to the Internet and then download it into my 2021 version.  It took a bit of patience and maybe that was the trouble with a slow Internet, but now I'm good!!!  Thanks Jeff for the tip.

Ok this one is silly.... I can't seem to find a way to delete old attachments from some old posts, since there is a limit of 500kb on this forum. i can see my attachments but can't seem to remove any. Please advise.

I also have this problem.  Some page number have a letter (eg. C2) and others have a decimal (eg. 1010.2).
I would love to be able to put the correct page number in my database.

I was able to figure out that there are multiple entries that mean the same thing, and others that you wish you had. I figured out that to "fix" it, I went to the View By section and selected all the ones that had "mistyped" names, changed my stamps to use the more logical entry, then deleted the ones that had typos. In some cases, I just used properties to fix the typo. 
I now have a clean pull-down list for my stamps that works easily.

Back in May I cleaned up part of the Poland database as described above.  Essentially, I corrected the Scott numbers for the years 2008-2010 and renumbered the images to correspond to the corrected Scott number.  I also deleted the incorrect items from the database.  As a reminder, the problem is that for the 2008-2010 period someone had entered Scott numbers which were approximately 1000 higher than they should have been.  I also uploaded all the changes to SM.
Today, I was looking at the database and found that all of those incorrect Scott numbered items (numbered from 4906 to 4995a) were back in the database.  Those entries entirely duplicate the corrected entries (3905-3981a).  That means there are two different Scott numbered entries and two images now for each of those stamps.  And when checking the 2020 Stamp Manage Catalog it shows that those incorrect entries were added back by Liberty Street on July 5, 2020!!
So not sure what happened here...but this needs to be cleaned up.  I can (again) delete those entries from the database but unless Liberty Street does something to prevent their return, this will obviously not solve the problem.

As a generalization Within SM image file CountryID 765, then inages from 3,900 to 4,900 need change the 4 to a 3 as you say, but many images thereafter need to delete 1 from the Scott number.
I have covered Poland to Scott 4000 images:-
https://ln2.sync.com/dl/22f4d3e40/mxugf933-unsyu8dg-7x64rmg8-ng5ft2aa
However the file 765 is incomplete for images over Scott 5000
regards Colin

I want to add a new stamp category.  So I opened the Stamp Data Manager.  I then clicked on "New Category"....but nothing happens.  I closed down SM and re-opened it again to see if that might help but the same thing happened again.  Is there a problem with the program or just some issue with my computer?
 
NEVER MIND....I just realized it works fine.

Its not impossible, but difficult to do, to import a Excel/CSV into Excel Format that Stamp Manage Database understands.
If you email me a selection of your Excel file I can offer you some help.
Regards Colin Pattrick
colinATcolinpattrickDOTcom

Yes, that is another way to add values.  However, the problem I reported is that SM allows you to add the values after one has added new stamp varieties in the Stamp Data Manger and before that screen is closed.  If you do that, however, once you then close the Stamp Data Manager, all those new values that you have added are lost.  Ideally, (1) SM should be changed to retain those values, or (2) SM should prevent one from adding values at that point or (3)at least there should be some kind of warning that any values added before first closing the Stamp Data Manager will not be retained.

After you enter new varieties in Stamp Data Manager, click close on the left side of the Stamp Data Manager screen.  This will append the new Stamp Data Manager entries to the default value table.  Then open the StampManage Catalog screen on the left side of the screen and open the Value table should be named something like 2020.  Find the scott numbers that you want and add your values

So I decided to use the Stamp Data Manager to add a large (100+) group of stamps to the Austria database.  Went through the usual process of adding all the stamps then went through and added the various values for all of the new stamps (eg. mint vf, use vf, etc.).  All those values showed up in the Stamp Data Manager.  Then I closed the Stamp Data Manager.  Then opened the program to actually add the stamps from my collection.....but....while all the stamps that I had added appeared, NONE of the values were showing.  So I went back to see what was happening and it turns out that if you add stamps via the Stamp Data Manager you can not add values to those stamps you have just added unless you first close the Stamp Data Manager before adding the values and then re-open the Stamp Data Manager and THEN add the values.  A very frustrating situation....and I suspect it is the reason that I see so many stamps that have been added to the data base in recent years but with no values.  I think people either don't realize the problem or if they notice it, they don't want to go back and re-add the values after spending a lot of time doing it originally.
Any chance that there may be a fix to this???

FDC Plate blocks can be added using the drop down menu under 'Format' when you use the 'Add Stamp' dialog.  If 'FDC Plate Block' is not in your drop down menu then just type it in and the program will add it to the list for future additions. 
 
Cliff

I recently acquired a collection of Poland stamps and will soon be in the process of entering them into SM.  I was glancing through the Poland database just now and noticed that there are quite a bit of problems with it.  I have only looked at the general issue stamps so far but here are some of the problems.  First, the general issue stamps have not been updated since 2010 (yes I am using SM 2020).  Additionally, beginning in early 2008 the the Scott numbers are wrong.  And additionally, by the middle of 2008 there appears to be an entirely different numbering system being used as suddenly the numbers jump from 3900 or so to 4900 or so and unfortunately they still do not even correlate with the correct scott number if you change the first number from a 4 to a 3.  (And those numbers do not correlate with any recognized numbering system i.e, not Michel, Yvert, or even Fischer.)  So is  this or will this be looked at by SM or is this something that we users (I guess namely me) will have to take on...though my last effort at doing something like this for Monaco never seemed to make it into the SM database so I am reluctant to start doing this again.

We have had some requests for a list of countries with associated numbers.  Here it is in txt format.  To see the images for a particular country, choose FILE > GO TO STAMPMANAGE IMAGES FOLDER
from the main menu.  Then open the numbered folder corresponding to the country you want to see.
Countries.txt

When adding a stamp, i see the buttons kissing that bottom window. It's a very minor bit, unsure if it's just my display but the Ok, Cancel, and Apply buttons don't appear to be Vertically Centered or at least have a minor padding from the window border...
 

Just type in TAB.  The program will save it and 'TAB' will show up on the drop down list the next time you use it.
 
Cliff

Hi, if you edit a variety and then do a SUBMIT CHANGES.  We will receive the edit changes.  We manually look at the edits and sometimes miss an important edit,.  we will try to add some sort of flag so the user can say a variety has an error.  we will then look up the stamp and any corrections the user has made...Until then, if you could just let us know of any errors by emailing your username on your computer and any other info ...we will spend more time going over any edits you have made.

When entering a couple of US Postmaster Provisional Stamps in SM 2019, I noticed that the descriptions of those stamps in the database were incorrect.  10x and 11x types incorrectly showed "George Washington" while 9x types which should have been Washington were blank.  So, using the Stamp Data Manager I made the appropriate corrections.  Then I clicked "Submit User Changes to Liberty...".  But it seem to upload a bunch of images and if I am not mistaken several thousand items....not just the changes I made in the Stamp Data Manager.  So did I submit the changes properly, will they be noticed among all the other things that might have been uploaded?  Thoroughly confused if I did this right or not. Ken

Hi, if you add a stamp and then click on the APPLY button the format will reset to SINGLE STAMP.  We will try to put in a check box or preference so that the format does not reset when using the APPLY button to add multiple items.

Can I change the "type of stamp" to default on something other than "Single?"
I have over 1000 Plate Blocks to enter and it really gets old having to pick Plate Block from the drop-down list on every entry.
Thanks for any feedback!
Mark