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Gunnar Miller's avatar

Man, this a great piece! I wrote a note on the very same subject earlier this year https://substack.com/@gunnarmiller/note/c-111215095 .

I seem to recall that those matchbook offers would result in receipt of a big bag of random cancelled stamps. I remember those Kennedy covers like it was yesterday!

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Sheila (of Ephemera)'s avatar

Awesome article, thank you! I actually collected stamps for YEARS when I was a kid, went to the Junior Stamp Club, and I even exhibited my collections (I did topical - horses!) and won some awards (I still one trophy and a couple of medals). I have a jar full of matchbooks, and I'm sure there are a few of these Kenmore ones in there!

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Retroist's avatar

That is awesome. I never got as deep on stamp collecting as I would have liked, but I had a nice littles collection that was helped a lot by my uncle who was a career postal employee. I really like the convergence of two hobbies in this one little item that often just sat in drawers or were thrown away.

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