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That looks good. I'll have to see if our library has it.  Nothing better than a good movie and some popcorn (with M&Ms).  |
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Wow! wt1 is the man...
that is an excellent resource for kids.
well done.
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wt1, thank you! That is a most excellent book. I think I will use it with my one homeschooled child. Maybe that would get her excited. Her mother called yesterday wondering if she had any homework and mentioned how much the child had enjoyed the class. I never would have guessed that, lol. |
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As for making your own stamps. Consider purchasing paper that has water activated adhesive on one side. Then you can print your stamp designs on the paper and then cut it using a variety of scrapbooking craft scissors for perforations. That is what I have done in the past for my fictional local post stamps. |
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Great idea, StamperDude! I will look into that. I think kids would get a huge kick out of seeing their own stamps. |
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No problemo. You could even use rubber stamps as cancelation devices for their stamps used on a first day cover. |
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Thanks for the link. That would be an interesting topic to pursue for a stamp club meeting. In the lesson plans, the author states: Quote:
www.mysticstamp.com: The Mystic Stamp Company offers
inexpensive packets of canceled recent US stamps ($2.00). However
there is no guarantee that microprinted stamps will be found in the
packet. I couldn't find that offer on their site. I wonder if they still have it?! |
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Trab,
Thanks for the tip about the movie. I have seen clips of it on Youtube, but haven't seen the whole thing. I've been on the lookout for it, though.
Apologies for my previous post having all that "dead" space. I don't know how that happened. |
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In the event you haven't read this previous posted thread, the link is below. I think the article may be of interest to you. Further, if you read down to the bottom of the first newspaper article, there are a number of interesting stamp trivia facts that may make for a good lesson plan for stamp club, etc.: https://goscf.com/t/19358 |
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wt1,
Thanks for the link. It was a very interesting read. I thought this fact was quite interesting:
"The first non-royal to appear on a British stamp was William Shakespeare in 1964."
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If you discuss different methods of printing (plate vs offset) it might be fun to incorporate the aluminum foil method of differentiating between the two. If you rub foil over a stamp intaglio printed stamps will "show through" where offset printed stamps will not. Could be fun to work into the class. |
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