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Old 10-24-2009, 02:22 PM
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I received a squishy package from Ebay today. I couldn’t believe all the stamps on the Flat Rate envelope
70 2 cent Mark Hopkins
4 4 cent Christmas 1962
20 1 ½ cent Martha Washington
4 4 cent Abraham Lincoln
4 4 cent Champion of Liberty Mahatma Gandhi
4 4 cent Walter F George
4 4 cent 1959 NATO
4 4 cent John Foster Dulles
8 4 cent 1960 Boys Club Of America Movement
4 4 cent Winslow Homer
4 4 cent Mesa Verde
4 4 cent Long May It Wave American Flags
8 4 cent Dag Hammarskjold
4 4 cent Water Conservation
4 4 cent Fifth World Forestry Congress
6 ??????? 1975 Christmas US Postage
4 4 cent 1958 Atlantic Cable Centenary
1 1 cent Roosevelt/ Hyde Park
WOW……That’s 161 stamps 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
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Old 10-24-2009, 02:26 PM
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WOW ! But I can't help but think whoever did that didn't realize that maybe the stamps were worth more to a collector ? It would be interesting to see if they still have any value ?
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That was my first thought too!
WHO in the right mind would use those? Not me!
I'm thinking it's someone who cleaned out mom/dads/gramma/grampa's attic/house/garage and found them......
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Wow!! That is incredible. I don't think they knew what they had. Probably just using up mom and dads old stamps. Yikes!!!
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WOW! OMG! I agree that somebody died and this is part of their collection. Look at the dates of some of those. Oh gosh. My dad collected stamps.

I do hope you're not tossing them! Even cancelled, collectors still want them. Please find someone who wants them.
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I think it is a sign you need to start stamp collecting.
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Wow -- that's a bunch of stamps!! I've never seen a 1 1/2 cent stamp before....how would you make change if you only needed to buy one? :lol: :lol:
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I grew up in the next town north of Hyde Park, and I remember those Lincoln stamps, too. I can't believe they crammed that many on an envelope!
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