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!
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!
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.
You can still buy them in Argentina:
https://articulo.mercadolibre.com.ar/MLA-603038346-argentina-685-gj-1276-john-f-kennedy-serie-1v-ano-1964-_JM
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!
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!
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.