Stamps

"AI" stands for Artificial Intelligence — it just means a computer program that can look at a photo and recognize what's in it, similar to how a person would, but automatically. Here, you show it a photo of a stamp, and it tells you what it can figure out about it, without you having to know the answer yourself.
Where: Tap "AI Stamp" (or "Identify") in the main menu. Anyone can open this page and look around, but you'll need to be logged into your account to actually use it to scan something.

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1. You'll see two buttons: Take Photo (opens your phone's camera right away) and Upload Photo (pick a photo you already have saved on your device).
2. Once you've given it a photo, the program tells you a few things: what type of item it is (a stamp, a used envelope, a postcard, or a special "first day of issue" envelope — a cover sent on the very first day a particular stamp was released), which country it's likely from, roughly what time period, its theme, and its condition.
3. One thing it can't do yet: tell you the exact catalog number collectors use to reference a stamp. That's planned for later.
4. If your photo shows more than one stamp at once, the program will try to identify each one separately. This part is still being improved.
5. You're allowed a certain number of these identifications per day, and it doesn't matter how many separate photos you use — they all count against the same daily total. If you'd like a higher daily amount, see "Upgrading Your Own Membership."
6. If you think it got something wrong, look for a thumbs-down icon near the result and tap it. A small box opens where you can type what you think was incorrect, then tap Submit.

A place to keep your stamp collection organized online, page by page, just like a real physical stamp album — except here, you take a photo of each page, and the same AI feature above automatically finds and separates out each individual stamp on that page for you.
Where: Tap "Albums" in the main menu.

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1. Tap Create Album to start a new one.
2. Fill in: Album Identifier (a short nickname you make up, letters/numbers/hyphens only, 20 characters or fewer, required and must be unique to you), Album Name (a proper descriptive title), Theme (optional), Cover Image (optional).
3. Once created, tap + Add Page, then upload one photo showing one whole page from your physical album, with however many stamps are on that page.
4. Here's the clever part: the program automatically picks out each individual stamp on the page on its own — no cropping needed. This uses the same daily identification amount as AI Stamp above.
5. Each page gets numbered automatically. Use Rearrange Pages to change the order later.
6. Tap on a page to see the individual stamps that were found on it.

Think of this as a reference book you can search — it holds information and pictures of real, known stamps from around the world. It's completely separate from your own collection in Albums. One honest thing worth knowing: this part of the site is still a fairly early, experimental version.
Where: Tap "Stamps" in the main menu, then look for "Stamp Database."

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1. Use the main search box to type in what you already know — its catalog number (a reference number collectors use, from a well-known numbering system called "Scott"), its name, its series, or a particular variety.
2. For a more specific search, extra boxes let you search by Year, Colour, Perforation (the little punched holes around the edge), Watermark (a faint pattern in the paper), Printing method, Denomination (its printed value), and Topic. Fill in only what you know.
3. Tap any result to see its full details and a picture, when available.