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Giants, a Lost Cause, and a Word Called BlenTrol

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Giants, a Lost Cause, and a Word Called BlenTrol
Vintage Letters & Stamps

“How do you comment on those men memorialized on such a vast scale on Stone Mountain — and honored today with a new First Day of Issue stamp?”Rexford A. Bristol, September 19, 1970 After I read the first paragraph, my thought went into the Thanksgiving First Day of Issue envelopes because I find it very … Read more

A Smile, a Tunnel, and a Coin on My Desk

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A Smile, a Tunnel, and a Coin on My Desk
Vintage Letters & Stamps

“It’s a tribute to the man, to his many accomplishments, that the magic of one word says it all … EISENHOWER – USA.”Rexford A. Bristol, August 6, 1970 My first curiosity started with, when was he born, what year, and when did he die, in what year? What I found out about President Eisenhower, he … Read more

Nothing He Wrote Reached Me. The Paper Did.

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Nothing He Wrote Reached Me. The Paper Did.
Vintage Letters & Stamps

“It may be anachronistic to think of Indians manufacturing sophisticated Foxboro instruments used for transmitting electronic or pneumatic signals to measure temperature, pressure, flow, and level.” — The Foxboro Company, November 4, 1968 This is the very first letter of Rexford that I did not feel any connection. When I read the letter from the … Read more