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I grew up collecting stamps. It was a great hobby to learn about the world in the pre-internet days. Also several countries that no longer exist.

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As a kid collecting stamps, it was the stamps from Burundi that amazed me most for their color and imagery. What a contrast with these typewriter stamps!

It was really a fantastic hobby to have as a kid. I'm having trouble remembering what sorts of things I had, but in particular I remember the yeti stamps I had from Bhutan - https://www.google.com/search?q=bhutan+yeti+stamps&espv=2&bi...

1973 Copernicus series ?

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