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I remember being fascinated by the cover and the idea of the first day of issue. I knew nothing of stamp collecting but immediately began reading the stamp collecting column in Boy's Life.
It was the day I became a stamp collector. It was not long after that I ordered some stamps out of Boys Life, complete with approvals from H.E. Harris.
Funny that this is the one thing I've kept up with for 35 years.
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And it is very cool that you still have that first cover.
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I have an aunt my age and she has told me she thinks it came from a great-aunt. Who knows?
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My interest in stamps began when I happened to walk by a small section devoted to stamps from the missions (my Mom bought me the orange drawstring cotton bag chock full of foreign stamps on piece) located in the local A&P grocery store in Williamsburg, Virginia.
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When I was a boy of eight, I was reading the book, "Johnny Appleseed". We had a package arrive with several of the 1966 Johnny Appleseed stamps on it, so I was excited. Soon after my father brought home a used stamp from South Africa and I thought it was neat to have something actually from Africa! So I started collecting stamps.
I still have that Johnny Appleseed stamp that started it for me. I recently saw I had it in my old Scott Minuteman album, stained and wrinkled as I received it, hinged right next to the mounted mint stamp!
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I, too, started with H.E. Harris approvals at age 8 with my father's blessing (he collected US and worldwide at the time). The earliest stamp I can trace to my past is the mint US FA1 Certified Mail stamp I bought almost 50 years ago (for $1 which is more than it catalogs for now) at the stamp counter at Famous Barr in St. Louis. I remember thinking that this could be a good start to a mint collection since almost everything I had was used.
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When I was about 7 or 8 my dad gave me a shoe-box full of loose stamps and an HE Harris album. I was hooked!
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In 1978, I was an 11-year-old kid living outside of Memphis, when I received this FDC in the mail. With no return address, I'm not sure who it was from, but my great-grandfather at the time did address my birthday and Christmas cards to "Master" Clay Morgan, so I suspect him.
I remember being fascinated by the cover and the idea of the first day of issue. I knew nothing of stamp collecting but immediately began reading the stamp collecting column in Boy's Life.
It was the day I became a stamp collector. It was not long after that I ordered some stamps out of Boys Life, complete with approvals from H.E. Harris.
Funny that this is the one thing I've kept up with for 35 years.
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re: The one that started it all
And it is very cool that you still have that first cover.
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I have an aunt my age and she has told me she thinks it came from a great-aunt. Who knows?
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re: The one that started it all
My interest in stamps began when I happened to walk by a small section devoted to stamps from the missions (my Mom bought me the orange drawstring cotton bag chock full of foreign stamps on piece) located in the local A&P grocery store in Williamsburg, Virginia.
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re: The one that started it all
When I was a boy of eight, I was reading the book, "Johnny Appleseed". We had a package arrive with several of the 1966 Johnny Appleseed stamps on it, so I was excited. Soon after my father brought home a used stamp from South Africa and I thought it was neat to have something actually from Africa! So I started collecting stamps.
I still have that Johnny Appleseed stamp that started it for me. I recently saw I had it in my old Scott Minuteman album, stained and wrinkled as I received it, hinged right next to the mounted mint stamp!
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re: The one that started it all
I, too, started with H.E. Harris approvals at age 8 with my father's blessing (he collected US and worldwide at the time). The earliest stamp I can trace to my past is the mint US FA1 Certified Mail stamp I bought almost 50 years ago (for $1 which is more than it catalogs for now) at the stamp counter at Famous Barr in St. Louis. I remember thinking that this could be a good start to a mint collection since almost everything I had was used.
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re: The one that started it all
When I was about 7 or 8 my dad gave me a shoe-box full of loose stamps and an HE Harris album. I was hooked!
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