tobben63
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What I collect: I collect to much, world wide!
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Post by tobben63 on Apr 17, 2020 11:59:01 GMT
It is amazing the number of books out there. Yes. And I would love to be able to read and write in German, Italian and Spanish. |
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coastwatcher
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What I collect: Currently focusing on US and possessions
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Post by coastwatcher on Apr 21, 2020 18:17:15 GMT
Here are two additions to my library that I’ve received over the last two weeks. This book is by Sol Glass and published by the Bureau Issues Association. I had never heard of it before and found it while browsing on eBay. It was pretty cheap, so I thought that I’d give it a try. Although I haven’t read it yet, I’m pretty impressed with what I saw when I flipped through it and am glad that I got it.  This one concerns the 4th Bureau Issue, my favorite definitive set. I’ve been aware of it for some time, but didn’t want to pay the $40+ usually asked for it. After looking for several months, I finally found one on eBay for what I consider to be an acceptable price. It contains some good information, but could have used a good proofreading before being published. Martin Armstrong, the author, is quite a colorful character and did 11 years in a federal prison for his part in a Ponzi scheme. More about this can be found here.
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rex
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Post by rex on Apr 23, 2020 17:25:41 GMT
My customized catalog..  |
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cursus
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Posts: 2,011
What I collect: Catalan Cinderellas. Used Switzerland, UK, Scandinavia, Germany & Austria. Postal History of Barcelona & Estonia. Catalonia pictorial postmarks.
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Post by cursus on Apr 25, 2020 17:38:32 GMT
Being locked down at home, already for six weeks and with two to four more ahead, I'm lucky enough to have with me my cinderellas, stamps and my philatelic library. having collected for nearly 50 years, my book-shelves are full of magazines, catalogs and books on stamps, cinderellas, postmarks, postal history and (off course!) catalogs. I tend to use Yvert for world wide, Michel for Germany and Northern Europe, Zumstein for Switzerland, Hibernian for Ireland, SG for Britain & Austria and Filabo for Andorra. I also have and old copies of Scott both on paper (still b/w) and on a CD, which I only use the last to put the stamps on Steiner pages; as I don't like neither the (incomplete) information, nor the lay-out. I must say, that I only collect cinderellas and some European countries. I have books, mainly on the languages that I can read: Catalan (my own one), English, French, Spanish, German as well as in other ones that I can only guess.
I'll show some of the works that grace my selves:
1.- Catalonia on stamps and cinderellas (not all), compiled 15 years ago by my late friend Sebastià Sabaté
2.- Letters and postmen. a history of postage in Barcelona, by Antonio Aguilar
3.- Cinderellas circulated on letters and postcards, a modern work (2019) by a good friend on mine and cinderella specialist, Josep Sauret
4.- James Mackay's wonderful book on "Stamps Facts & Feats"
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philatelia
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Captain Jack - my best kiloware find ever!
Posts: 3,655
What I collect: Ireland, Japan, Scandy, USA, Venezuela, Vatican, Bermuda, Austria
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Post by philatelia on Apr 25, 2020 18:20:28 GMT
Very nice reference books cursus  ! What’s in my library? Well, I bet I’m the odd duck here. I live in a VERY humid climate - books that are rarely opened up and aired get a funky tropical musty smell, even with good air conditioning. (One of the reasons I’m trading off my mint stamps). I’m also very allergic to dust and mold (triggers asthma) so having miles of linear shelf space for books is very contraindicated. When we lived in Michigan, we had several full walls of books - hundreds and hundreds. When we moved here, we donated about half to the local library. The rest we have been culling a bit at a time. Hubby and I actually turned it into an exercise incentive - we drop off books to the local library when we ride bikes. We also downsized so we don’t have physical room for all those books. I LOVE books, but times change. With the internet, I RARELY go to a book for reference information nowadays. It is much quicker to google. Online catalogs and reference sites are making hard copies more and more obsolete. Also, I am no longer a worldwide collector, so I only keep reference books that I actually use. The only exception is my collection of Irish Philately books. So my library consists of a basic Scott, Michel, Facit, Unitrade and a few others with a shelf of Irish material. After Scott’s, the book I use most is my Hibernian followed by the Facit. In a pinch, the American Philatelic Society has a lending system, so I can borrow specialized books if I need to do research. (At least they used to! Not sure if the lending system is still active.) |
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cursus
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Posts: 2,011
What I collect: Catalan Cinderellas. Used Switzerland, UK, Scandinavia, Germany & Austria. Postal History of Barcelona & Estonia. Catalonia pictorial postmarks.
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Post by cursus on Apr 26, 2020 8:17:28 GMT
As it seems that there are around some cinderella fans. This is a 1994 catalog of the "seals" (actually, cinderellas) issued by the Estonian Society for the Preservation of Historical Memory from 1988 to 1993. It's in Estonian, but, nevertheless, i've managed to find some interesting information on it.
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Post by michael on Apr 29, 2020 9:36:07 GMT
I can't resist an old Stanley Gibbons World Catalogue when I see them in a charity shop. I have 3 so far, 1929, 1939 and 1941. Despite being old they are still interesting to look through.  |
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cursus
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Posts: 2,011
What I collect: Catalan Cinderellas. Used Switzerland, UK, Scandinavia, Germany & Austria. Postal History of Barcelona & Estonia. Catalonia pictorial postmarks.
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Post by cursus on Apr 30, 2020 14:30:12 GMT
I try to focus localy. So, I've some books (all those that I'm aware and can afford!) on my countrt, Catalonia, and city, Barcelona.
"Setting the Post in Catalonia" (starting on the XII century)
Post and Philatey on the Barcelona of the XIX century
The Barcelona City Council's Stamps
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cursus
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Posts: 2,011
What I collect: Catalan Cinderellas. Used Switzerland, UK, Scandinavia, Germany & Austria. Postal History of Barcelona & Estonia. Catalonia pictorial postmarks.
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Post by cursus on May 21, 2020 18:38:42 GMT
Some books bought on postal museums around Europe.
Musée de la Poste, Paris
Finnish Postal Museum, Helsinki
Estonian Postal Museum, Tartu
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vikingeck
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What I collect: Samoa, Tobacco theme, Mail in Wartime, anything odd and unusual!
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Post by vikingeck on May 21, 2020 18:50:57 GMT
I can't resist an old Stanley Gibbons World Catalogue when I see them in a charity shop. I have 3 so far, 1929, 1939 and 1941. Despite being old they are still interesting to look through. (Please see earlier post for image.) You have to smile sadly: the Whole World (1929) in one small volume for less than £1; now SG Simplified is 6 huge volumes and costs over £250. |
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cursus
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Posts: 2,011
What I collect: Catalan Cinderellas. Used Switzerland, UK, Scandinavia, Germany & Austria. Postal History of Barcelona & Estonia. Catalonia pictorial postmarks.
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Post by cursus on May 21, 2020 19:18:14 GMT
By 1953 it still was a single, 1500 pages, volume
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cursus
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Posts: 2,011
What I collect: Catalan Cinderellas. Used Switzerland, UK, Scandinavia, Germany & Austria. Postal History of Barcelona & Estonia. Catalonia pictorial postmarks.
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Post by cursus on May 22, 2020 7:43:46 GMT
Spanish Civil War Republican Cinderellas, 1st ed.
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coastwatcher
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Post by coastwatcher on May 23, 2020 19:13:40 GMT
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Post by michael on May 23, 2020 20:21:51 GMT
Another charity shop buy. Published in 1949, a great reference on how stamps were manufactured in the days of line engraved, surface printed and lithographed stamps.
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cursus
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Posts: 2,011
What I collect: Catalan Cinderellas. Used Switzerland, UK, Scandinavia, Germany & Austria. Postal History of Barcelona & Estonia. Catalonia pictorial postmarks.
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Post by cursus on Jun 1, 2020 8:42:56 GMT
General works on philately from the 1940s to the 1960s
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oldpapercollect
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All giveaways have ended. Thank you.
Posts: 384
What I collect: UPU, UNITED NATIONS, SCOUTS ON STAMPS, CHICKENS ON STAMPS, ESPERANTO & CINDERELLA STAMPS and ISRAEL POST OFFICE OPENINGS SINCE 1948
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Post by oldpapercollect on Jun 2, 2020 3:57:20 GMT
Soliloquy of a Postage Stamp (by Ernest Brady, 1978) Matted and Framed.... 
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cursus
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Posts: 2,011
What I collect: Catalan Cinderellas. Used Switzerland, UK, Scandinavia, Germany & Austria. Postal History of Barcelona & Estonia. Catalonia pictorial postmarks.
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Post by cursus on Jun 2, 2020 13:59:42 GMT
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cursus
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Posts: 2,011
What I collect: Catalan Cinderellas. Used Switzerland, UK, Scandinavia, Germany & Austria. Postal History of Barcelona & Estonia. Catalonia pictorial postmarks.
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Post by cursus on Jun 4, 2020 7:27:49 GMT
Volume I of "The Encyclopaedia of British Empire Postage Stamps" by Robson Lowe, 1952. A most interesting book.
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cursus
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Posts: 2,011
What I collect: Catalan Cinderellas. Used Switzerland, UK, Scandinavia, Germany & Austria. Postal History of Barcelona & Estonia. Catalonia pictorial postmarks.
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Post by cursus on Jun 19, 2020 11:39:20 GMT
Andorra, 1998: the birth of French Post in Andorra (in Catalan)
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stainlessb
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qaStaHvIS yIn 'ej chep
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What I collect: currently focused on most of western Europe, much of which is spent on France, Belgium, Germany and Great Britain Queen Victoria
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Post by stainlessb on Jun 23, 2020 1:49:42 GMT
5 weeks to cross the pond.... But it is here!!  |
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oldpapercollect
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All giveaways have ended. Thank you.
Posts: 384
What I collect: UPU, UNITED NATIONS, SCOUTS ON STAMPS, CHICKENS ON STAMPS, ESPERANTO & CINDERELLA STAMPS and ISRAEL POST OFFICE OPENINGS SINCE 1948
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Post by oldpapercollect on Jun 23, 2020 9:59:22 GMT
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cursus
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Posts: 2,011
What I collect: Catalan Cinderellas. Used Switzerland, UK, Scandinavia, Germany & Austria. Postal History of Barcelona & Estonia. Catalonia pictorial postmarks.
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Post by cursus on Jun 23, 2020 11:27:27 GMT
Saint Georges on the Philately, 1972.
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coastwatcher
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Post by coastwatcher on Jun 29, 2020 22:19:24 GMT
A couple of recently received volumes:   |
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stainlessb
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What I collect: currently focused on most of western Europe, much of which is spent on France, Belgium, Germany and Great Britain Queen Victoria
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Post by stainlessb on Jun 30, 2020 0:23:01 GMT
Recieved today= my first copy!! and the font size is most easy on the eyes!!!  Cheers |
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Post by spain1850 on Jul 7, 2020 0:28:59 GMT
Finally stepping into the ring after years of just accumulating precancels and shoving them into envelopes. Maybe I can finally make some sense out some of them.  |
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cursus
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Posts: 2,011
What I collect: Catalan Cinderellas. Used Switzerland, UK, Scandinavia, Germany & Austria. Postal History of Barcelona & Estonia. Catalonia pictorial postmarks.
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Post by cursus on Jul 9, 2020 8:36:05 GMT
L'Univers des Timbres : La Période Classique 1840-1870 French version (Fribourg, Switzerland, 1972) of a book by James Mackay. Found on a Barcelona second-hand bookshop (there are, still, a few)
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cursus
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Posts: 2,011
What I collect: Catalan Cinderellas. Used Switzerland, UK, Scandinavia, Germany & Austria. Postal History of Barcelona & Estonia. Catalonia pictorial postmarks.
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Post by cursus on Jul 20, 2020 7:43:40 GMT
An old (Edinburgh, 1913) thick (220 pages) book, very well printed and illustrated on general stamp collecting. Aimed to children, but with a level higher than most 60's or 70's books on the subject. Picked 30 years ago at a second-hand bookstore close to Oxford (UK) railway station (going to downtown, as I can recall).
The Boys' Book of Stamp Collecting by Douglas B. Armstrong |
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cindycan2
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What I collect: Canada Cinderella stamps
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Post by cindycan2 on Jul 27, 2020 3:03:55 GMT
For what it's worth, here's what I have in my philatelic library, mostly focused on Canadian cinderella stamps.
Books
American Air Mail Society. 1997. The Air Mails of Canada and Newfoundland.
Atlee, W. D., Pemberton, E.L., and Earée, R. B. 1950. The Spud Papers: An Illustrated Descriptive Catalog of Early Philatelic Forgeries.
BNAPS. 1997. British Columbia Express Covers from 1858 to 1900.
BNAPS. 2008. Express Mail Covers: An Exhibit Prepared by Horrace W. Harrison.
Bonneau, M. & Granger, L. 1976. Les vignettes “Bonne Année 1920”.
Canada Post Office. 1960. Postal Information.
Caron, N. 2012. Quand la philatélie s’expose. Vol 1: L’Union philatélique de Montréal.
Cazin, A. & Rochas, E. 1914. Catalogue des Timbres Commémoratifs.
Cotton, I. W. 2009. National Wildlife Federation Christmas Stamps.
Covert, E. L. 1992. Strike, Courier and Local Post of the Elizabethan Era, 2nd ed.
Edwards, C. ca. 1990. Patriotic & Propaganda of the British Commonwealth.
Firby, C. G. & Willson, V. L. 1996. The Canadian Posted Letter Guide: The Classic Period, 1851-1902.
Fowler, W. T. M. 1970. British North America Fantasies, Philatelic Phantoms of Canada, Canada Locals.
Gratton, R. 2008. Canadian & BNA Fakes, Facsimiles, Reprints, Forgeries and Postal Counterfeits.
Hanes, D. 2007. A Study of the Air Mail Labels and Air Mail Markings Found on Canadian Mail.
Holmes, L. S. 1963. Holmes’ Specialized Philatellic Catalogue of Canada and British North America, 10th ed.
Hornadge, B. 1974. Cinderella Stamps of Australasia.
Lafontaine, J. 2011. Timbres historiques de la Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste, 4ème éd.
Lafrenière, R. G. 2012. Field Guide to the Cinderella Stamps of Canada, 1st ed.
Lafrenière, R. G. 2015. Field Guide to the Cinderella Stamps of Canada, 2nd ed.
McGregor, G. Insufficient Postage: The outrageous collection of phoney stamps that fooled Canada Post.
Mitchell, R. B. 1976. Nova Scotia Fakes & Forgeries.
Mongan, A. J. 1999. Deposit, Rebate, Savings & Trading Stamps.
Mosher, B. 2002. Catalog of Private Express Labels and Stamps (United States 1839-1918; Canada 1841-1926).
Mosher, B. 2018. Catalog of Private Express Covers, Labels and Stamps (United States 1839-1918; Canada 1841-1926; Mexico 1860-1918).
Nitsui, K. K. 1983. Canada Strike, Courier and Local Post Issues.
Rastorfer, J.-M. 1986. NORST 1975: Un service postal de grève privé au Canada.
Richardson, E. 1968. BNAPEX ’68 Monograph #7: The Stamps, Labels and Markings of the Express and Parcel Delivery Companies of Canada and New Brunswick.
Robson Lowe Ltd. 1973. The Encyclopedia of British Empire Postage Stamps 1639-1952: Volume V: The Empire in North America.
Sessions, D. F. 1999. Philatelic Fantasies of British North America 1860-1910.
Smythies, E. A. 1971. B.N.A. Fakes and Forgeries.
Springer, S. 1970. Springer’s Handbook of North American Cinderella Stamps, 5th ed.
Springer, S. 1975. Springer’s Handbook of North American Cinderella Stamps, 8th ed.
Springer, S. 1980. Springer’s Handbook of North American Cinderella Stamps, 9th ed.
Stanley Gibbons. 1994. Stamp Colour Key.
Steinhart, A. L. 1979. The Postal History of the Post Card in Canada: 1871-1911.
van Dam, E. S. J. 2000. The Canadian Revenue Stamp Catalogue.
van Dam, E. S. J. 2009. The Canadian Revenue Stamp Catalogue.
van Dam, E. S. J. 2017. The Canadian Revenue Stamp Catalogue.
Walton, W. C. & Covert, E. L. 1993. Webb’s Postal Stationery Catalogue of Canada and Newfoundland, 6th ed.
Warda, M. 1998. Political Campaign Stamps.
Wasson, S.H. & Dolin, S. 1946. Catalogue of U.S. and Canadian Philatelic Exhibition Seals.
Williams, L. N. & Williams, M. 1970. Cinderella Stamps.
Zichmanis, M. 1979. Latvian Non-postal Exile Stamps.
CDs
Beattie, C. 2008. Canadian Easter Seals Catalog.
Beattie, C. 2008. Green’s Catalog of Canadian Local TB Seals.
Beattiie, C. 2011. Mosbaugh’s Catalog of Canadian Red Cross Seals.
Christmas Seal & Charity Stamp Society. 2009. Mosbaugh US All Fund Seal Catalog
Christmas Seal & Charity Stamp Society. 2012. Seal News 1947-2004.
Christmas Seal & Charity Stamp Society. 2013. Seal News #489 Winter 2004/05 thru #512 Fall 2010.
Melville, F. J. Phantom Philately.
Moore, B. 2010. Cinderella Stamps Price Lists of Bill Hornadge 1990-2009.
Mosbaugh, R. 2013. 1984 Red Cross Seals of the World.
Phillips, R. & Jost, A. 2006. Phillips Catalog Vol. II: Modern US and Canada Locals.
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coastwatcher
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Post by coastwatcher on Aug 5, 2020 23:52:12 GMT
I got this in the mail yesterday from Subway Stamp Shop:  |
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