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Stamp Collecting Not Dead After All!



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The San Jose Mercury News, a local paper to me, ran a story this morning on the state of the union with respect to stamp collecting. This has got to be the first story I’ve seen in a major newspaper that focuses completely on stamp collecting and not some story involving a big investor or something like that. It’s a great story. Wade Saadi of APS fame, is quoted extensively throughout the article, and does an excellent job in portraying the current state of affairs in stamp collecting today. Here’s the link to the story.

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