They would try sell kids all kinds of worthless junk. It was still going on the 70s, when I was growing up. I’m fortunate to have had older sisters to set me straight 😉
gard3nwitch on
“To get names for our mailing list”.
So they’ll send you a few penny stamps from Caribbean countries, and also a bunch of catalogs full of crap that you’ll beg your parents to buy for you.
Disastrous-Year571 on
Littleton Coin Company (formerly Littleton Coin & Stamp Company) is still in business – the stamp business spun off as Mystic Stamp Company in the 1970s under the direction of one of the founder’s sons. While their stuff is genuine, it is difficult to get off the mailing list once you’re on.
HugeRaspberry on
As a young boy in the early 70’s I fell for that.
Got 50 stamps – all worthless penny stamps most of which were canceled / used or so common that they were not worth the paper they were printed on.
And a ton of buy this / catalogs. I think they stopped after a year or so…
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They would try sell kids all kinds of worthless junk. It was still going on the 70s, when I was growing up. I’m fortunate to have had older sisters to set me straight 😉
“To get names for our mailing list”.
So they’ll send you a few penny stamps from Caribbean countries, and also a bunch of catalogs full of crap that you’ll beg your parents to buy for you.
Littleton Coin Company (formerly Littleton Coin & Stamp Company) is still in business – the stamp business spun off as Mystic Stamp Company in the 1970s under the direction of one of the founder’s sons. While their stuff is genuine, it is difficult to get off the mailing list once you’re on.
As a young boy in the early 70’s I fell for that.
Got 50 stamps – all worthless penny stamps most of which were canceled / used or so common that they were not worth the paper they were printed on.
And a ton of buy this / catalogs. I think they stopped after a year or so…