Seems Pete and I are long-overdue for a new signature stamp, but
don't quite know what to do about it! For so long now, in all those
hundreds of logbooks and exchanges, we've been using those same 3
little tiny trees and "Mr. Sunshine" - part of a set that we bought 4
years ago when we were first introducing some other people to
letterboxing - that it will be kind of hard to part with them!
However, Pete has been saying for quite some time now that we should
get something new when we reached 5000, so we've agreed to throw it
out to the "letterboxing public" to help us decide just what!
First of all, pretty much everybody knows by now that what we're into
is the hiking aspect of this hobby, and not particularly the carving
or stamp-collecting part! Even though 90 of our 100 planted boxes
have hand-carved stamps, ours are surely not the sort to be valued
by "stamp conniosseurs", so we certainly don't want to take a chance
on carving our own "sig"! (In fact, I even felt a bit hurt, in
response to commenting on not getting a credit for our "Sunny Message
in a Bottle", with my poor little sun stamp tacked on the end of the
cork in the photo in the back of Randy's letterboxing book, when Pete
said, "are you sure you'd even want to lay claim to THAT thing!" :-)
Anyway, we figured it would be much better if someone else carved a
sig stamp for us. We know there are so many terrific carvers now all
across the country that we would be absolutely thrilled if any of
you would be willing to take on the challenge of creating a new sig
stamp for us! We'd sort of like to stick to the theme of 3 trees and
a sun that we started out with, but certainly any variation on that
theme would be greatly appreciated! If we get several people to carve
us sig stamps (we do already have one potential volunteer from Maine,
and I just saw an adorable mystery stamp in Pete's logbook last night
that I'd absolutely love to have had as a "sig" if it weren't already
spoken for! :-), we'd be glad to either alternate sig stamps as we
travel around, use your stamp when we visit your state, or maybe even
plant as part of a nation-wide series or something! Please let us
know your thoughts, if there's any interest in helping us out with
this project, or if you think we should just keep using our
old "stand-bys" until they completely wear out, or roll away once
again into some "bottomless pit"!
Meanwhile, thanks so much for all the nice responses to Pete's post
about my F5000 trip to Maine (from which I'm still recovering!:-) It
certainly is wonderful to know we have so many well-wishers in this
great little hobby! Cheers to all of you!
Wanda from RI
P100 F5070 X602
Help, Please, F5000 ! - time for new stamp?
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Started on 2004-08-06
Help, Please, F5000 ! - time for new stamp?
From: wandaandpete (wandaandpete@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2004-08-06 18:08:05 UTC
Re: Help, Please, F5000 ! - time for new stamp?
From: Phyto (phyto_me@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2004-08-06 20:03:05 UTC
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "wandaandpete"
wrote:
> (we do already have one potential volunteer from Maine,
Whom might I inquire??
phyto
wrote:
> (we do already have one potential volunteer from Maine,
Whom might I inquire??
phyto
RE: [LbNA] Help, Please, F5000 ! - time for new stamp?
From: Kim Calcagno (hannahkat@cox.net) |
Date: 2004-08-06 17:39:08 UTC-04:00
Well, as much as I would hate to see your classic stamps go the way of the
dodo, I certainly understand that they are getting tired. I certainly would
carve a stamp for you, but I will leave that up to you....as I have a
feeling you may get lots of offers.
-Kim (Rustypuff)
-----Original Message-----
From: wandaandpete [mailto:wandaandpete@yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 2:08 PM
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [LbNA] Help, Please, F5000 ! - time for new stamp?
Seems Pete and I are long-overdue for a new signature stamp, but
don't quite know what to do about it! For so long now, in all those
hundreds of logbooks and exchanges, we've been using those same 3
little tiny trees and "Mr. Sunshine" - part of a set that we bought 4
years ago when we were first introducing some other people to
letterboxing - that it will be kind of hard to part with them!
However, Pete has been saying for quite some time now that we should
get something new when we reached 5000, so we've agreed to throw it
out to the "letterboxing public" to help us decide just what!
First of all, pretty much everybody knows by now that what we're into
is the hiking aspect of this hobby, and not particularly the carving
or stamp-collecting part! Even though 90 of our 100 planted boxes
have hand-carved stamps, ours are surely not the sort to be valued
by "stamp conniosseurs", so we certainly don't want to take a chance
on carving our own "sig"! (In fact, I even felt a bit hurt, in
response to commenting on not getting a credit for our "Sunny Message
in a Bottle", with my poor little sun stamp tacked on the end of the
cork in the photo in the back of Randy's letterboxing book, when Pete
said, "are you sure you'd even want to lay claim to THAT thing!" :-)
Anyway, we figured it would be much better if someone else carved a
sig stamp for us. We know there are so many terrific carvers now all
across the country that we would be absolutely thrilled if any of
you would be willing to take on the challenge of creating a new sig
stamp for us! We'd sort of like to stick to the theme of 3 trees and
a sun that we started out with, but certainly any variation on that
theme would be greatly appreciated! If we get several people to carve
us sig stamps (we do already have one potential volunteer from Maine,
and I just saw an adorable mystery stamp in Pete's logbook last night
that I'd absolutely love to have had as a "sig" if it weren't already
spoken for! :-), we'd be glad to either alternate sig stamps as we
travel around, use your stamp when we visit your state, or maybe even
plant as part of a nation-wide series or something! Please let us
know your thoughts, if there's any interest in helping us out with
this project, or if you think we should just keep using our
old "stand-bys" until they completely wear out, or roll away once
again into some "bottomless pit"!
Meanwhile, thanks so much for all the nice responses to Pete's post
about my F5000 trip to Maine (from which I'm still recovering!:-) It
certainly is wonderful to know we have so many well-wishers in this
great little hobby! Cheers to all of you!
Wanda from RI
P100 F5070 X602
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dodo, I certainly understand that they are getting tired. I certainly would
carve a stamp for you, but I will leave that up to you....as I have a
feeling you may get lots of offers.
-Kim (Rustypuff)
-----Original Message-----
From: wandaandpete [mailto:wandaandpete@yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 2:08 PM
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [LbNA] Help, Please, F5000 ! - time for new stamp?
Seems Pete and I are long-overdue for a new signature stamp, but
don't quite know what to do about it! For so long now, in all those
hundreds of logbooks and exchanges, we've been using those same 3
little tiny trees and "Mr. Sunshine" - part of a set that we bought 4
years ago when we were first introducing some other people to
letterboxing - that it will be kind of hard to part with them!
However, Pete has been saying for quite some time now that we should
get something new when we reached 5000, so we've agreed to throw it
out to the "letterboxing public" to help us decide just what!
First of all, pretty much everybody knows by now that what we're into
is the hiking aspect of this hobby, and not particularly the carving
or stamp-collecting part! Even though 90 of our 100 planted boxes
have hand-carved stamps, ours are surely not the sort to be valued
by "stamp conniosseurs", so we certainly don't want to take a chance
on carving our own "sig"! (In fact, I even felt a bit hurt, in
response to commenting on not getting a credit for our "Sunny Message
in a Bottle", with my poor little sun stamp tacked on the end of the
cork in the photo in the back of Randy's letterboxing book, when Pete
said, "are you sure you'd even want to lay claim to THAT thing!" :-)
Anyway, we figured it would be much better if someone else carved a
sig stamp for us. We know there are so many terrific carvers now all
across the country that we would be absolutely thrilled if any of
you would be willing to take on the challenge of creating a new sig
stamp for us! We'd sort of like to stick to the theme of 3 trees and
a sun that we started out with, but certainly any variation on that
theme would be greatly appreciated! If we get several people to carve
us sig stamps (we do already have one potential volunteer from Maine,
and I just saw an adorable mystery stamp in Pete's logbook last night
that I'd absolutely love to have had as a "sig" if it weren't already
spoken for! :-), we'd be glad to either alternate sig stamps as we
travel around, use your stamp when we visit your state, or maybe even
plant as part of a nation-wide series or something! Please let us
know your thoughts, if there's any interest in helping us out with
this project, or if you think we should just keep using our
old "stand-bys" until they completely wear out, or roll away once
again into some "bottomless pit"!
Meanwhile, thanks so much for all the nice responses to Pete's post
about my F5000 trip to Maine (from which I'm still recovering!:-) It
certainly is wonderful to know we have so many well-wishers in this
great little hobby! Cheers to all of you!
Wanda from RI
P100 F5070 X602
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Re: [LbNA] Help, Please, F5000 ! - time for new stamp?
From: (Gurudybaker@aol.com) |
Date: 2004-08-06 21:20:35 UTC-04:00
You should keep the stamp you have particularly since it's the hiking for you
not the stamp.
STAR:W+S=DRR
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not the stamp.
STAR:W+S=DRR
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Re: Help, Please, F5000 ! - time for new stamp?
From: wandaandpete (wandaandpete@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2004-08-07 16:20:07 UTC
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Phyto" wrote:
> --- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "wandaandpete"
> wrote:
> > (we do already have one potential volunteer from Maine,
>
> Whom might I inquire??
>
> phyto
Shhhhh! We're keeping it "under wraps" (or "in the box":-) for now,
but we are thrilled to have gotten a couple of excellent sig stamp
carving offers! Please let us know off-line if anyone else might be
interested in doing a carving for us, as we'd be more than happy to
put any stamps we get to good use!!!
Thanks,
Wanda and Pete
> --- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "wandaandpete"
> wrote:
> > (we do already have one potential volunteer from Maine,
>
> Whom might I inquire??
>
> phyto
Shhhhh! We're keeping it "under wraps" (or "in the box":-) for now,
but we are thrilled to have gotten a couple of excellent sig stamp
carving offers! Please let us know off-line if anyone else might be
interested in doing a carving for us, as we'd be more than happy to
put any stamps we get to good use!!!
Thanks,
Wanda and Pete