Did anyone have one of these? I had one when I was about 6. It was really exciting trying to get all the stamps which were very rare. I always remember that the penny black was THE one to get as it was so rare. Enetrtainment was so much simpler back in the day. Wonder if you still get them like the Parker Pens
Me. I had a penny red which isn't very rare at all. Really wanted to get my hands on the penny black, and still do. Worth an absolute fortune.
Absolutely Bealey. And it was good clean fun as well. Not like the destruction and devastation that kids are exposed to today. I fear for the children today, I really do. It's like they have become de-sensitised unlike 316 grade austenitic stainless steels. And 6% Molybdenum super austenitic stainless steels as well.
I'm not sure what you mean with the steel references, my steel knowledge is a little rusty. I agree with the rest though, whatever it meant.
This was my first serious effort at collecting stickers/stamps whatever. Great thrill when you get the shiny crest inside a packet. please log in to view this image
Stanley Gibbons Stamp Album - Fact God, Aliens, Big Bang - unsubstantiated theories and flights of fancy. Just like fairies and Sasquatch.
Managed to fill a couple of those albums and learnt every club badge and ground and most of the players doing it.
I sent away for a free stamp collecting kid when I was a sprog. Can't recall the company but it was based in Telford, Shropshire which sounded very exotic to me. They also sent me a huge book of stamp "Approvals" for my consideration on the basis that I could keep any I liked as long as I paid by Postal Order. I was too idle to send them back so I just left them lying in my room until they stopped writing to me. True story.
I had something similar, they'd send a few each month which I had to send back or pay for. There was a lot of that in those days, book clubs, record clubs all worked the same way. When I was a student in a place housing 15, three houses joined together, 3 door numbers...I used to fill in the record and book club offers with false names. Can't remember what but Arthur Brown and O Whitehead were two of them. Tut, disgusted with myself.
Kid across the street had divorced parents who competed for his love. His old fella bought him a box of stickers.... The notion of "collecting" was lost on his old man. Once he filled up his own book he filled up mine.... Obviously the "don't know what the point of sticker collecting" gene is hereditary.
Where I grew up if we knew any ****y **** was collecting stamps we'd probably add to his hobby by stamping on his head.
I still collect stamps from Great Britain (1840 to date) and British Mandate Palestine / Israel (1917 to date). Apart from a few of the very rare early Victorian stamps, my collection is almost complete. I think I'll call it a day when Queen Elizabeth II finishes her reign, as the cost of obtaining all the new issues has become prohibitive.
