Passion Fuels Champion Stamp Collector
January 29th, 2010 admin
Minnesota’s Shoreview Press reports Mark Stitzel entered his stamp collection in seven divisions in last year’s Minnesota State Fair Collections & Taxidermy competition and wound up with eight ribbons and the grand championship trophy. According to an article by contributing writer Josh Wimmer, “The 62-year-old said he began collecting stamps when he was about 10. He was active at it throughout adolescence, but after joining the Navy, getting married and starting a family, put a moratorium on it.” “He got back into it somewhat around 1976 because of the beautiful stamps being printed in celebration of the United …
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