Friday, January 27, 2012

Collectors gather to swap stamps, stories at monthly meeting

Tom Culver can attest to the fact that much can be learned from an avid philatelist. Better known as stamp collectors, Culver said he has learned about global politics by what countries print on their stamps. “You’ll know all the answers on ‘Jeopardy!’ if you collect stamps,” Culver said. He has been attending the Mid Michigan Stamp Collecting meet-up for more than 50 years. Tuesday at the Isabella County Commission on Aging, 2200 S. Lincoln St., three of the about seven members sifted through thousands of stamps Culver bought by the pound from a stamp dealer.

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