> I'm new to this. What's a personal traveler?

A traveler is a stamp carried by a letterboxer for the purposes
of making an exchange. It is not a letterbox (typically) (for those
who care, it would count as an X, not an F or (gag :-)) an HH. It
allows you to keep your personal stamp secret (collecting personal
stamps in logbooks (and exposing them) is taboo in some parts of
the world).

The traveler is an imported tradition. I'm not sure if the adding
of a requirement to see it is a Yank invention or not (I did this
on my box called "Traveler", which, since it is actually a letterbox
and not actually a traveler seemed to need a riddle -- I'm not sure
if people copied that or the idea is ancient or invented elsewhere --
I believe, tho, that traditional travelers are _not_ clue'd -- my
traveler is not clue'd).

Hitchhikers and travelers are completely different and unrelated
things. Often the words are confused, and people are free to mix
and match syntax, semantics, and semiotics as much as they wish,
but the explanation above represents "traditional" usages.

HTH
Randy

--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, Randy Hall wrote:

> A traveler is a stamp carried by a letterboxer for the purposes
> of making an exchange. It is not a letterbox (typically) (for those
> who care, it would count as an X, not an F or (gag :-)) an HH. It
> allows you to keep your personal stamp secret (collecting personal
> stamps in logbooks (and exposing them) is taboo in some parts of
> the world).
>

Although I love the idea of secret signature stamps, most of us are
avidly exchanging them and sign into letterboxes with stamp and name.
You shoulda seen the frenzy at Moose Hill last month! We even wear
little nametags with the stamp image instead of our name. Putting
faces with the stamps we've seen in the field is great fun. No
secrets there!

So for the two or three years I've been carrying a traveler, I've
told people to count it as an "F," not an "X." And, I've counted all
the travelers I've been lucky enough to find as f's as well.

Just another example of the flexibility and individuality of this
amazing past time. The few people who keep the mysterious fun alive
add immeasurably to the intrigue and fascination of letterboxing, and
are truly more Dartmoorian than the whole open/internet Yankness
we've evolved here.

Jay, still packing a mini-Guiness in hopes of running across the
MapSurfer on the trail...

Ha, if you're carrying a mini Guiness I hope to meet YOU on the trail!!!
Haha! ~ IrishTinker
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> --- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, Randy Hall wrote:
>
> > A traveler is a stamp carried by a letterboxer for the purposes
> > of making an exchange. It is not a letterbox (typically) (for those
> > who care, it would count as an X, not an F or (gag :-)) an HH. It
> > allows you to keep your personal stamp secret (collecting personal
> > stamps in logbooks (and exposing them) is taboo in some parts of
> > the world).
> >
>
> Although I love the idea of secret signature stamps, most of us are
> avidly exchanging them and sign into letterboxes with stamp and name.
> You shoulda seen the frenzy at Moose Hill last month! We even wear
> little nametags with the stamp image instead of our name. Putting
> faces with the stamps we've seen in the field is great fun. No
> secrets there!
>
> So for the two or three years I've been carrying a traveler, I've
> told people to count it as an "F," not an "X." And, I've counted all
> the travelers I've been lucky enough to find as f's as well.
>
> Just another example of the flexibility and individuality of this
> amazing past time. The few people who keep the mysterious fun alive
> add immeasurably to the intrigue and fascination of letterboxing, and
> are truly more Dartmoorian than the whole open/internet Yankness
> we've evolved here.
>
> Jay, still packing a mini-Guiness in hopes of running across the
> MapSurfer on the trail...
>
>
>
>
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