It was a very long time ago. I am not sure how old I was. The stamp collections started probably when I was around 12ish in age. And I am not sure how the idea was born but I have a hunch it came either from boy scouts or the magazine Boys Life.
But I was bitten by the bug and I remember very clearly the day my mother and I went to a local stamp store and we bought me a beautiful stamp album. My collection had begun.
Those were some wonderful years for me, pre-teen and teen years. And I treasured that stamp collection. I spent many many hours with it. And I regularly bought stamps to put into it. I also bought other things including first day covers and blocks of four stamps. Yup, good times.
State Flags Collectible Stamp Sheet
And I will never forget the day I walked down to the city post office and asked the clerk tentatively for a sheet of 50 state stamps. I was a very bashful teen and it took a lot for me to do that but I walked home with that sheet of stamps in my school notebook.
Well... the years pass and time catches up. That stamp collection made its way out of my life due to circumstances that I couldn't control. But all these years it was in the back of my mind that I would start up again.
And I have.... Just a couple of months ago I purchased a three volume stamp album from amazon.com (Mystic's 3-volume American Heirloom Stamp Album with 200 Free U.S. Stamps and 1,000 Hinges ) I figured it was a good place to start.
My collection in those days was world wide and I loved it. Many countries issue lots of beautiful and interesting stamps. But this new collection will be mostly U.S. stamps with some variations that interest me like castle stamps, astronomy stamps, bonsai stamps etc.
So it is the now and it took me forty years to finally start again. But I have and it feels quite wonderful. The first night I sat down with the new collection I was overwhelmed by memories. Many of these stamps I knew very well. I recognized them. I could feel them. Funny how time is.
It is a wonderful feeling to return to the collecting of stamps.
Boys Life
Product Description
(Ages 7-14) Boys Life magazine is to entertain and educate all boys and to open their eyes to the joyous world of reading. Includes a mix of news, nature, sports, history, fiction, science, and comics
Amazon.com Review
Since 1911, Boy's Life Magazine has been entertaining and educating America's youth with a focus on the traditional values of citizenship and service. The official publication of the Boy Scouts of America is specifically geared for boys between the ages of seven and fourteen and each issue contains a proven mix of subjects ranging from history and sports to fiction and comics. This provides a fun way to help boys advance their reading skills and improve their lives at school, at home, and within their Scout packs.
Boy's Life Magazine offers exciting features that enhance its readers' desire to learn about the world around them. Its articles about science and nature bring new interest to those who might find these topics boring at school, while news columns instill a life-long curiosity concerning ideas that affect everyone. Each volume provides easy-to-follow instructions for hobbies and projects that the readers can do at home, alone, with their families, or even with their fellow Scouts.
With simple workout routines tailored to growing boys, Boy's Life Magazine sparks an interest in developing a strong body and creating healthy habits that will benefit them for years to come. Real-life and fictional stories emphasize service to others, helping boys find their own way to improve the world through altruism. With a combination of video game and movie reviews and timeless pieces about history and its ramifications, it strikes the perfect balance between fun and learning with easy-to-understand wording designed to keep the attention of young minds.
A subscription to Boy's Life Magazine imbues youth with a sense of time-tested values that will augment their current lives with lessons they'll carry with them for a lifetime.
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