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September 16, 2021 16:35
The NVPH catalog number is only used in a limited number of countries. That is why the system has now been adjusted in such a way that this field is only visible when entering/changing the so-called NVPH countries/regions.
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September 16, 2021 18:21
Maybe a missed opportunity...

Make the field country-specific with one additional label field. Let the administrator of a country (area) determine which catalog (for the Netherlands and colonies: NVPH, for Belgium and colonies + EX AREAS: OBP, for Indonesia: Zonnebloem, ...) and always show the 2 together. In the Netherlands the label (NVPH) and the box,  in Congo Kinshasa / Zaire the label (OBP) and the box ...
Which catalog will be decided by the administrators, and they are committed to sticking to that decision. Better something than nothing?

Advantage: 
- the catalog code and the 'free' description 'main catalog' (or Official catalog) no longer need to be put in detail. Always the same field, but always usefully used in whatever country/region you are working in;
- no obligation for every country or region, only those that are eagerly used (OBP / COB and Zonnebloem bv), but flexible expandable. After all, we are going international (slightly larger than the Netherlands alone);
- the sorting is already provided for in that field. Only in relation to the country/region, the selection list must state something else instead of NVPH (which is kept in the label field for that country);
- the same field becomes widely applicable, where a field only for one country is a sin (swears against all the rules of good database management).

That would be a great relief for Belgium and (former) areas. Now art must be done to provide the opportunity to see those items in a recognizable order. And whoever specializes in those countries/areas simply follows the catalog that specializes in them.
I am thinking, for example, of the overprint stamps (series 'Occasion stamps with overprint - issue A to I' 1990-1996). Where a diligent fellow collector found it necessary to undo the invested work after only 2 weeks  by changing everything to the order of another paper catalog. Names of 'Issue' (series) including. Whereby no one could recognize the commonly known terminology (also on other foreign sales sites). Michel is simply not a specialist in this field, and he throws everything in a pile.
That's my argument.
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September 17, 2021 14:23
Meanwhile, as administrator Stamps in internship, I notice an additional problem ...

Who, wrongfully misused the field NVPH in an area not belonging to the Dutch stable ... remains immortalized. You can't undo it anymore.
In this example, from Burundi (Belgian stable) the field was used to place the catalog code of the OBP. You can neither approve nor correct this. It's in it:

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September 17, 2021 14:43
Raoul62 
That's right.
Possible workaround is to first change the country to the Netherlands, make any other adjustments, change the Netherlands back to Burundi and then Save.
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September 17, 2021 15:10
In the meantime I had changed another field, so that review is no longer with me lol  An administrator cannot review his own changes. Someone else has it on his leg now :)
Whoever encounters this: multi scusi .. it wasn't intentional (but it works well).
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January 18, 2022 12:59
Make the field country-specific
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for the Netherlands and colonies: NVPH, for Belgium and colonies + EX-TERRITORIES: OBP, for Indonesia: Zonnebloem, ...

addition:
For Japan: Sakura

Unbelievable how many collectors keep adding that catalog number everywhere for the Japanese stamps, how many Japan collectors work with that catalog, ...
Meanwhile, my first Sakura, an older copy from an LD Japan collector, is on its way and I will soon be able to supplement-check it.

A specific field (use existing field optimally - 100% - instead of now for < 1% of the items) could make the great effort of many more profitable ...
And, as far as the export works (sic), with that export on the field (NVPH-field-recycling) you could apply some quality control...

Insights are like nails... but you already knew that :)
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