There were many changes and updates to the database this week. First, keywords have been added to most of the listings in
the countries beginning with A and B. All records for which I have images or the actual stamps have had keywords added. No
keywords have been added for the listings in which I do not have images. The keywords added mostly relate to soccer such as:
goalie, goalkeeper, player, players, net, ball, gloves, referee, cleats, corner kick, penalty, pitch or stadium. Keywords have also been added
indicating the action which is taking place such as kicking, dribbling, diving, tackling, heading or throwin. I've also added
names for specific players and teams such as Pele, Bobby Moore, Lothar Mattheus, Italy, Argentina, New Zealand, etc. Finally,
keywords have been added indicating competitions such as logo or mascot. I've added as many keywords to each listing as I can
find on the images. I've also changed the denomination values for these same records. Previously, in sets, I would list the
denominations as 5Fr-400Fr. Now, for each item in the set, I've begun listing each denomination such as 5Fr, 60Fr, 125Fr, 300Fr, 400Fr.
Approximately 25 new listings have been added to the database, all in the countries of Austria and Gabon. Austria has
issued or will issue many items for the 2008 European Soccer Championships and most of those have now been added to the
database. I also found a source for stamp information from the country of Gabon. This allowed me to expand the Gabon listings
in the database. In addition to all of the previously mentioned changes, I searched through each of the countries beginning
with A or B and updated the listings with any new issues that I found. Other than Austria, I think that Bosnia and Herzegovina
was the only other country where I found a new issue that was not on the database. No scans were uploaded to the website this
week.
I recently discovered that there are philatelic items related to the topic of soccer of which I had not been aware. Those
items are Framas or ATM labels and are produced with variable rates. Within the next couple of weeks, I intend to add them to
the database. I've found some fairly complete listings for them and currently there are not very many that have been issued. I hope
spend some time working on that this week as well as continuing to add new keywords to the database and update the database
listing. That's about it for now. Enjoy the website and feel free to contact me if you have
any questions, comments, or suggestions.