So my high school son got assigned a book to read, and hopped on Amazon and ordered it. I guess he ordered it used from marketplace or something, because we got this in the mail:
So, it's been a long time since I've seen someone cover postage for a package with stamps, but whatever. But I'm looking at it and see 20 cent stamps. Sure enough, there's stamps on here from 1982.
Now, I'm not mocking the fact they used valuable collectible stamps to mail a package...it looks like that Jackie Robinson stamp might be worth a buck or two. More than the 20 cents postage they got out of it, but probably not worth the effort to put it on ebay or whatever.
But I'm extremely curious to know exactly what the circumstances are that leads to somebody mailing a package with forty-year old stamps.
Did they inherit a parent's stamp collection, have it appraised, and find out it wasn't worth shit? Old people always thing the stuff they've hoarded is going to be worth something. And so now they were like what the hell, screw you Mom I'll use them?
Or did some teenager dig through some drawers and find their Dad's stamp collection, and use it to mail a book? How much trouble was he in?
Did they just buy a shit load of stamps in the 80s, figuring they'd get a good 10-20 year supply and save trips to the post office, and didn't anticipate the digital age? And now they'll never be able to use them all and their postal value is highly diminished, and now they are super pissed thinking about it every time they mail something? But they're damn sure going to try to get their money's worth.
Did they have a habit in their youth of going batty whenever something they liked was made into a stamp, and were really into Jackie Robinson, Looney Tunes and classic cars? But if so, who the hell has a hard on for libraries?
Maybe they're one of those people that buy storage lockers sight unseen, and got a box of old stamps in it.
I've been pretty tempted to make him Contact Seller and ask what the hell happened that they are using 40 year old stamps. It just seems like there must be some story behind it.
So, it's been a long time since I've seen someone cover postage for a package with stamps, but whatever. But I'm looking at it and see 20 cent stamps. Sure enough, there's stamps on here from 1982.
Now, I'm not mocking the fact they used valuable collectible stamps to mail a package...it looks like that Jackie Robinson stamp might be worth a buck or two. More than the 20 cents postage they got out of it, but probably not worth the effort to put it on ebay or whatever.
But I'm extremely curious to know exactly what the circumstances are that leads to somebody mailing a package with forty-year old stamps.
Did they inherit a parent's stamp collection, have it appraised, and find out it wasn't worth shit? Old people always thing the stuff they've hoarded is going to be worth something. And so now they were like what the hell, screw you Mom I'll use them?
Or did some teenager dig through some drawers and find their Dad's stamp collection, and use it to mail a book? How much trouble was he in?
Did they just buy a shit load of stamps in the 80s, figuring they'd get a good 10-20 year supply and save trips to the post office, and didn't anticipate the digital age? And now they'll never be able to use them all and their postal value is highly diminished, and now they are super pissed thinking about it every time they mail something? But they're damn sure going to try to get their money's worth.
Did they have a habit in their youth of going batty whenever something they liked was made into a stamp, and were really into Jackie Robinson, Looney Tunes and classic cars? But if so, who the hell has a hard on for libraries?
Maybe they're one of those people that buy storage lockers sight unseen, and got a box of old stamps in it.
I've been pretty tempted to make him Contact Seller and ask what the hell happened that they are using 40 year old stamps. It just seems like there must be some story behind it.
