Arranges Own Finds in Attic
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Most
of us dream of the "find" of old stamps
and covers to be made in an attic, somewhere, sometime, but most of us
never quite make it. Still it is a pleasant thought on the
dull days,
-- that pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Perhaps, if
you have
an attic, you can plant the seed yourself. My friend, Fred A.
Spielman,
old time Iowa dealer, has been doing just that. Fred was worn
out
just searching for those gold-bearing attics, so, over the years, he
decided
to use his own attic, and along with the old sewing machines, the
obsolete
furniture and other discarded household articles he began to make
deposits
of stamps, rag-tail ends of lots, this, that, and the other thing, for
which there was no immediate sale. Now, when he gropes his
way around
his attic, he turns up things, -- after twenty-five years, -- and gets
a big kick out of what he finds. A dozen surplus White Plains
sheets
(cost 50¢ each in 1925), lately came to light, a thrill to find them
when W. P. sheets are currently selling at $15 each upward.
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George B. Sloane
Sloane's Column Stamps July 21, 1951 Posted July 15, 1999 Index of 508 Notes from the Past Note: If the link isn't returned the first try, try again. Comments? Send me an e-mail |