Accidental Stamp Collector?
With the date for the new rate change looming close (Monday is the first day), now is definitely the time to stock up on Forever stamps, if you are so inclined to do so. For those of us who would buy the new rate stamps (stamp collectors) anyway, the new Journalists stamps are out, though in my humble opinion they aren’t very attractive stamps…
At any rate, I stumbled across this article this morning about the accidental stamp collector, which is one who engages in stamp collecting without even knowing it. It’s a rather humorous article about that collection of outdated stamps that collects in the drawer that everyone has for storing things like stamps, checkbooks, matchbooks, and other useful odds and ends. If for nothing else, it’s worth a visit to that site just to see the graphic at the top of the article, which is one of the more inventive stamp-related graphics I’ve seen in a while.
After reading the article, I decided to take inventory of just what I have in my drawer, and there was some rather interesting things in there. I’ve got everything from 3c commemoratives from the 1950’s to Christmas booklets from last year with just one stamp left in them, to a strip of 10 3c teapot stamps. I thought it might be fun to hear from everyone what they have in their drawer. So, why not leave a comment and let everyone know what you’ve got in that junk drawer… I know it’s not strictly about stamp collecting, but still it’s kind of fun, don’t you think?
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