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An Interview With U.S. Stamp Collector Bob Allen

By Maribeth Keane, Collectors Weekly Staff

Like many collectors, I collected when I was a child, and then I became interested again in the ‘90s. I think eBay and other Internet auction sales had a little bit to do with it. I just started playing with stamps and got interested again. Living in Hawa… (more »)


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