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My mother collected stamps as a girl. When I grew up, she gave me her collection, giving me a good start.

My uncle, whom we called Uncle Bunny (his real first name was Bannatyne), worked at a firm that imported lace from France. They'd send samples by airmail. Those samples made heavy packages by international airmail standards, so I got a lot of high-denomination French stamps in the 1950's.

I also bought stamps at a store in Newark, New Jersey and attended the FIPEX in New York City as a boy. Eventually, the collecting faded, but I was always attentive to stamps on letters and would accumulate them. I'd also use them in mail to my parents and they always kept them. That's why I have some relatively rare used stamps from the 1960's-1980's.

When my son, Tom, was about ten years old, I broke out the collections, and we've shared a collection ever since. For a year, I was president of the local stamp club, the Cheyenne Stamp Club. As he got old enough, Tom got elected vice president. Then the then-president moved, leaving Tom in charge of the club. He's been re-elected president every year since.

Our US collection is rather complete, except for those we can't afford. We've had a rather general worldwide collection, but take little interest in stamps since 1960 or so.

We have numerous duplicates and aren't really pursuing the hobby that much any more. Instead of swapping, we enjoy giving stamps to children or disabled persons who don't have the financial resources to develop their own collections. If you are in one of these categories, we'd be glad to dig through our duplicates and find some things to add to your collection. Please be specific about your taste in stamps, so we can try to send the things you'd most enjoy. Since we can't e-mail the stamps to you, please include your "snail mail" address! We'll even try to use neat stamps when we mail them to you. You can e-mail me at: don@shorock.com.

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