The Altoona Mirror website has a very nice article about stamp collecting up today, entitled “Stamp it -
Collectors find tiny works of art, sometimes valuable, through the Postal Service.” Although the author is obviously not a stamp collector, she does a great job of explaining the benefits of the hobby. Highlights of the article include a link to the USPS web site, and explanation of the CSAC, and a mention of Subway Stamp Shop, which is local to them. Have a look at the article, and send an e-mail to the author thanking her for a job well done. We could use a lot more articles like that everywhere. This seems like a good opportunity for one of those gratuitous upside down airplane stamp pictures, so here you go: the famous inverted jenny plalte number block!
