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A nice article to read on our hobby:

http://www.mariettatimes.com/page/c...tml?nav=5003

Wow, nice article and nice walk down memory lane. I can remember when I would order stamps on my large weekly allowance of 10 cents (for which I did probably more chores than the normal child does now). It didn't go far, but I do remember putting my dime in the envelope and sending off for stamps. I got my love of stamps from my big brother. He gave me his collection when he went on to coins.Even now, friends still save stamps from all over. I almost feel like I'm visiting those countries when I look at foreign stamps and getting a history lesson as well.

Interesting article alright.

This might sound stupid to some of you but here goes anyway.

A friend of mine once showed me his stamp album. It was a large Schaubek (sp) that had to weigh close to 15 pounds and was printed in three languages, being German, English and French.

What caught me by surprise, and bear in mind I was just a kid at the time, were stamps with Hitler on them. My first thought was, wow, a bad guy like Hitler on stamps, this is weird! Then I saw commemorative sets with him and then from stamps WW. My friend and his album got me hooked and I have never been cured <G>

From then on I was seriously into stamps. My first accumulation was a bag of 1000 stamps our parents got us plus albums for me and my brother & sister. To make a long story short, I ended up with their collections as well and, to this day, I am the only one who still collects. I have never looked back.

BTW - that bag of stamps was distributed by H.E Harris and I am sure a lot of us in here are familiar with that name. The bag of 1000 stamps cost a whole dollar too <G>

Chimo

Bujutsu

Just curious if it was the HE Harris "orange bag" ... that's how I got started, too, although I recall mine was purchased at an FW Woolworth's store (now that brings back memories, too.)

Something like that wt1

It was either a brown or orangey-brown bag. All I was concerned with were the 1000 stamp <G>

Chimo

Bujutsu

Cool story. I started with soaking used stamps off envelopes as well. And most of them were from the US Lamp series. Maybe thats why I have whole pages of them stamps.

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