Londonbus1
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Cinderella Stamp Club Member 3059
Posts: 5,064 
What I collect: Wonderland; 1912 Jubilee International Stamp Exhibition, London ('Ideal' Stamp, ephemera); French Cinderellas with an emphasis on Poster Stamps; Israel and Palestine Cinderellas ; Jewish National Fund Stamps, Labels and Tags; London 2010, A Festival of Stamps (anything); South Africa 1937 Coronation issue of KGVI, singles or bi-lingual pairs.
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Post by Londonbus1 on Apr 29, 2015 19:34:08 GMT
 I have been trying to contact Ian for many months without any luck. No emails retuned, nor letters but I have been trying many times, I even found a couple of phone numbers but no luck. Tonight I was on Facebook searching once again and by chance I came across a page for his old school in Mudgee, NSW. Then I saw it. Ian, huckles888, passed away on June 2nd 2014 after a long illness. It was just 10 days after his last message here: thestampforum.boards.net/thread/2091/biafra-cinderellaI have known Ian for many years, from other forums and we had a very nice Internet friendship, one that I treasured and relied upon. I even got him into collecting British Philatelic Exhibition items and helped him build a nice album. He was enthusiastic until the end. He was also very private in many ways and did not want others to know too much about his illness and I respected that with him and never mentioned it. I have missed him since our last 'chat' last May and tonight I got the news I knew would come but never thought I'd read. I miss him. Londonbus1
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rod222
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Posts: 11,043
What I collect: Worldwide Stamps, Ephemera and Catalogues
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Post by rod222 on Apr 29, 2015 19:53:35 GMT
Fabulous guy. The only collector I have known, to collect Equatorial Guinea. I have a good representation of Katanga, from the stamps Huckles sent to me. “I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” Maya Angelou
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firstfrog2013
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Posts: 3,276
What I collect: BNA Liberia St Pierre U.S. Bolivia Turkey
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Post by firstfrog2013 on Apr 29, 2015 22:07:18 GMT
While I didn't know him long,I often sent messages asking about him.A Great Person now gone.R.I.P. Huckles.
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Post by jamesw on Apr 30, 2015 2:02:17 GMT
How sad! I knew huckles from SCF and here and did some trading with him. Always terrible news.
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Admin
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Post by Admin on Apr 30, 2015 3:23:36 GMT
Sad news LB1.
It amazes me how strong friendship can become from online forums.
He was a good man.
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scb
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Now at 100,000+ worldwide stamps, and progressing one stamp at a time towards the 200K
Posts: 313
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Post by scb on Apr 30, 2015 5:18:02 GMT
The only collector I have known, to collect Equatorial Guinea. Now, now... Aren't you forgetting a certain Finnish bloke (and there are few others who are into collecting EG as well)  Didn't know huckless888 well besides some random chatter on various forums. But the loss of a fellow collector is always sad. |
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I.L.S.
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Rest in Peace
I am in Clearfield, Pa. I love US Classic covers!
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Post by I.L.S. on Apr 30, 2015 12:49:08 GMT
What terrible news! We lost a great human and friend and fellow collector. May he forever rest in Peace! -Jeffrey
R.I.P. Huckles888
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