Philatelic Mail

I came across some interesting correspondence
between a US collector, and collectors in
Australia, discussing trades, and the hobby

Who is young enough to remember
Gimbels Famous Stamp Dept ?

Interesting letter, Bob.

Thanks for sharing.

Judy Kennett is the Secretary of The Postal Stationery Society of Australia.

http://www.postalstationeryaustralia.com/

Steve

Bob

Great cover! I remember Gimbles but never bought anything from them I could noy afford it as a young boy, but my great aunt did send me a few gifts from there. She lived not far from the store

Those WERE the days, life was simpler..less diversions for people,i remember in the evenings at days end just sitting on the front porch with Grandparents,Uncles, members of my family just enjoying one anothers company and always a small joke..those days are gone ! If you can remember that America you are fortunate....

The Archie Bunker of Philately

In the early seventies my mother worked part time at Robinson's Department Store in Panorama City, California. It seems hard to believe today, but that store had a Stamp and Coin counter. Sometime she would take me to work with her and I would spend hours at the counter. Ultimately after looking through everything, I would spend maybe a 50c of my allowance there. The store clerks were always helpful and patient. I never remember feeling unwelcome.

Yes, those days were a bit simpler, but our lives and relationships are only as hard as we/others make them. Last night eight of my family members ate water melon--spit the seeds in a seed spitting contest (much to the amazement of the children! ha). We ate a wonderful Fourth of July meal! We reminisced about the "old days" (the oldest there was 60 yrs old) and laughed about the kids trying to play KICK THE CAN-a game we told them we used to play because we had no balls to play with. We answered their questions about "What is the Fourth of July about?" and watched fireworks from a second story apartment window--everyone crowed in the tiny room laughing and ooohing and ahhhing about the colorful explosions in the sky.. Awesome time and we made new memories. And you know what--not one cell phone rang ,because they were turned off the whole afternoon!

BTW, great colorful cover and letter bobgggg! Thanks for sharing!

Gussyboy1

I'm not that old but I do remember get togethers with family and friends when I was a kid. Man those where the days. What has happened to all the good times?? It makes me sad to sit here and see so much fighting and so much negativity in the world now of days. Thank you all for bringing up good memories for me. I sit here with a heavy heart and I hope and pray that we as a people of the world can learn to get along with one another and not see color or race and see one another as a Brother or Sister as we do on this forum. I have grown to appreciate each and everyone of you fine folks and I hope and pray that one day I get to shake hands with my new brothers and sisters from here. God Bless you all and I love you all. Happy memories.

Yes I sent Judy a scan of the cover. I was able to get her Email
from the link, that Triggersmob provided.

At first she could not recall the letter, she thought that it may be
from one of her relatives.

Thanks to Triggersmob, I have a new Email friend.

She was flattered to hear that I have a piece of her mail in my
worldwide cover collection

Good news. Glad to be of assistance.

Steve

Het Phil:

Give us a round of "those were the days"

David

Boy the way Glenn Miller played...
Songs that made the Hit Parade...
Guys like us, we had it made...
Those were the days...

And do you remember when...

The Waltons... which ran concurrently, all hung together on
that mountain, everyone from grandpa and grandma on down,
trying to make it together through the depression, with two
charming old bats, the Baldwin sisters unknowingly making
moonshine according to Daddy's recipe and pining after lost
love and older days still? Imagine the depression and having
to get through it sober! And everything you could want being
available through Ike's store.

Then the war came. The depression ended. The family split apart.
One of them started Wal-Mart, and the rest is history!

WOW, I never made that connection.

You didn't know Phil, Archie Bunker, and Wal-Mart were connected?

Never know what you might learn on this forum, eh!