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  BASIC FACTS ABOUT STARTING A STAMP COLLECTION BY ROBERT L. HUFFSTUTTER   

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THE FIRST STEP IN BEGINNING A STAMP COLLECTION IS USUALLY TAKING A PAIR OF SCISSORS AND CUTTING OUT A STAMP THAT APPEALS TO YOU. FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE STAMPS WITH PICTURES OF WALT DISNEY CHARACTERS ON THEM; THERE ARE STAMPS WITH THE IMAGES OF FAMOUS SINGERS LIKE ELVIS PRESLY; THERE ARE EVEN STAMPS BEARING HITLER'S PORTRAIT. SO FAR, I KNOW OF NO PLANS FOR STAMPS CELEBRATING THE LIFE AND TIMES OF CHARLIE MANSON.

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When I began my stamp collection in the early 1950s, stamp collecting was a much simpler than it is today. Browsing through a 1952 Science nd Mechanics magazine, I noticed an etire page of stamps offers. One thin dime would purchase as many as 500 used or cancelled stamps. Stamps at bargain prices are still available.

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