Comments on: A Lick Back in Time http://www.robweir.com/blog/2007/12/lick-back-in-time.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lick-back-in-time Thinking the unthinkable, pondering the imponderable, effing the ineffable and scruting the inscrutable Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:20:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: U.S. Postage Stamps of 1960 http://www.robweir.com/blog/2007/12/lick-back-in-time.html#comment-5258 U.S. Postage Stamps of 1960 Sun, 26 Dec 2010 16:31:42 +0000 http://www.robweir.com/blog/2007/12/a-lick-back-in-time.html#comment-5258 [...] I also have a similar review of stamps from 1959, 1958 and 1957. [...] [...] I also have a similar review of stamps from 1959, 1958 and 1957. [...]

]]> By: Through two lenses http://www.robweir.com/blog/2007/12/lick-back-in-time.html#comment-5253 Through two lenses Sun, 26 Dec 2010 15:12:05 +0000 http://www.robweir.com/blog/2007/12/a-lick-back-in-time.html#comment-5253 [...] Philately Last year at this time, I took a look at the US postage stamp commemorative issues of 1957. Now is time to look at the issues of 1958. Since these issues are themselves retrospective in [...] [...] Philately Last year at this time, I took a look at the US postage stamp commemorative issues of 1957. Now is time to look at the issues of 1958. Since these issues are themselves retrospective in [...]

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.robweir.com/blog/2007/12/lick-back-in-time.html#comment-1608 Anonymous Sun, 09 Mar 2008 00:32:00 +0000 http://www.robweir.com/blog/2007/12/a-lick-back-in-time.html#comment-1608 Another thought on the Oklahoma-Atom connection.<br/>Uranium was mined there during the 50's. <br/>Could that be the connection?<br/>MumHerm Another thought on the Oklahoma-Atom connection.
Uranium was mined there during the 50′s.
Could that be the connection?
MumHerm

]]> By: Keith Thompson http://www.robweir.com/blog/2007/12/lick-back-in-time.html#comment-1362 Keith Thompson Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:21:00 +0000 http://www.robweir.com/blog/2007/12/a-lick-back-in-time.html#comment-1362 <i>Hamilton, was born in the West Indies, on the island of Nevis, thus Constitutionally unable to be President, though well-qualified otherwise.</i><br/><br/>I don't think Hamilton was disqualified, even though he was born outside the US. After all, so was George Washington (the US didn't exist when he was born).<br/><br/>The requirement is:<br/><br/><i>No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty-five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.</i><br/><br/>(There used to be jokes that the "at the time of the Adoption" clause applied to Strom Thurmond.) Hamilton, was born in the West Indies, on the island of Nevis, thus Constitutionally unable to be President, though well-qualified otherwise.

I don’t think Hamilton was disqualified, even though he was born outside the US. After all, so was George Washington (the US didn’t exist when he was born).

The requirement is:

No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty-five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.

(There used to be jokes that the “at the time of the Adoption” clause applied to Strom Thurmond.)

]]> By: Rob http://www.robweir.com/blog/2007/12/lick-back-in-time.html#comment-1351 Rob Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:49:00 +0000 http://www.robweir.com/blog/2007/12/a-lick-back-in-time.html#comment-1351 Dave and Orcmid, thanks for sharing those stories. I as well started collecting as a boy, based on my father's collection from his youth. When I went off to college the collection went into a closet, sat there for 20 years or so, until I rekindled my interest in it.<br/><br/>Stamp collecting is a great hobby for a boy, or at least it was. There was a time, not too long ago, when if you lived in any of the thousand'\s of small towns in America, your window into the world at large was rather limited. Shortwave radio, postage stamps, coins, these were the inexpensive ways you could see the world. But today, with eBay, Amazon, YouTube, etc., the universe is at your fingertips, and not just the mainstream universe, but every subculture as well.<br/><br/>I wonder whether stamp collecting still has that attraction for boys today? In other words, is there anything left in the world that is exotic? Dave and Orcmid, thanks for sharing those stories. I as well started collecting as a boy, based on my father’s collection from his youth. When I went off to college the collection went into a closet, sat there for 20 years or so, until I rekindled my interest in it.

Stamp collecting is a great hobby for a boy, or at least it was. There was a time, not too long ago, when if you lived in any of the thousand’\s of small towns in America, your window into the world at large was rather limited. Shortwave radio, postage stamps, coins, these were the inexpensive ways you could see the world. But today, with eBay, Amazon, YouTube, etc., the universe is at your fingertips, and not just the mainstream universe, but every subculture as well.

I wonder whether stamp collecting still has that attraction for boys today? In other words, is there anything left in the world that is exotic?

]]> By: orcmid http://www.robweir.com/blog/2007/12/lick-back-in-time.html#comment-1350 orcmid Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:27:00 +0000 http://www.robweir.com/blog/2007/12/a-lick-back-in-time.html#comment-1350 Nice. I remember when those stamps were issued. My grandfather started bringing me plate blocks (then, just four stamps with one number) from the post office around the time I was in the sixth-grade or so, and I had become serious about collecting by 1957, the year of my high-school graduation. I had previously decided to make my own stamp album with room for every stamp ever. I got stuck by the time I reached Algeria but I learned a lot about what was still called Abyssinia. Nice. I remember when those stamps were issued. My grandfather started bringing me plate blocks (then, just four stamps with one number) from the post office around the time I was in the sixth-grade or so, and I had become serious about collecting by 1957, the year of my high-school graduation. I had previously decided to make my own stamp album with room for every stamp ever. I got stuck by the time I reached Algeria but I learned a lot about what was still called Abyssinia.

]]> By: dave http://www.robweir.com/blog/2007/12/lick-back-in-time.html#comment-1349 dave Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:07:00 +0000 http://www.robweir.com/blog/2007/12/a-lick-back-in-time.html#comment-1349 Rob,<br/><br/>Many, many thanks for this wonderful post about postage. See my related post:<br/><br/><a HREF="http://gotoxo.wordpress.com/2007/12/20/on-philately/" REL="nofollow" rel="nofollow">On Philately</a><br/><br/>dave Rob,

Many, many thanks for this wonderful post about postage. See my related post:

On Philately

dave

]]> By: Rob http://www.robweir.com/blog/2007/12/lick-back-in-time.html#comment-1348 Rob Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:57:00 +0000 http://www.robweir.com/blog/2007/12/a-lick-back-in-time.html#comment-1348 @Don, thanks for the State Expo clue. Based on that I searched around and found <a HREF="http://www.flickr.com/photos/illtakeyourphoto/362140543/" REL="nofollow" rel="nofollow">this</a> vintage photograph on flickr.<br/><br/>So this may be the source of the arrow/atom design element. @Don, thanks for the State Expo clue. Based on that I searched around and found this vintage photograph on flickr.

So this may be the source of the arrow/atom design element.

]]> By: Don Bailey http://www.robweir.com/blog/2007/12/lick-back-in-time.html#comment-1347 Don Bailey Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:20:00 +0000 http://www.robweir.com/blog/2007/12/a-lick-back-in-time.html#comment-1347 Hi Rob - Thanks so much for the wonderful review of some 1957 stamps. I take it some, if not all, are from your collection.<br/><br/>I think the reference to, "Arrows to Atoms" may be a bit of 50's era klitch, but it was one of the Oklahoma State Expo that year.<br/><br/>This is from an article I found on the web, "Exposition celebration at the brand new state fairgrounds at NW 10 and May. Admission was 90 cents at the entrance but only 60 cents if tickets were purchased in advance. The themes of the expo were "Teepees to Towers” and "Arrows to Atoms.”"<br/><br/>Thanks, Don Bailey Hi Rob – Thanks so much for the wonderful review of some 1957 stamps. I take it some, if not all, are from your collection.

I think the reference to, “Arrows to Atoms” may be a bit of 50′s era klitch, but it was one of the Oklahoma State Expo that year.

This is from an article I found on the web, “Exposition celebration at the brand new state fairgrounds at NW 10 and May. Admission was 90 cents at the entrance but only 60 cents if tickets were purchased in advance. The themes of the expo were “Teepees to Towers” and “Arrows to Atoms.””

Thanks, Don Bailey

]]> By: Jason http://www.robweir.com/blog/2007/12/lick-back-in-time.html#comment-1346 Jason Thu, 20 Dec 2007 06:26:00 +0000 http://www.robweir.com/blog/2007/12/a-lick-back-in-time.html#comment-1346 Conshohocken PA has a Fayette and Washington. It's near Philadelphia. Thanks for the history lessons, and you're right, they don't make stamps like that anymore. A 3 cent stamp, for someone in my age range, is what Norm's (in "Fargo") painting of a duck was put on for second place. First place got the 29 cent. I used my first stamp in about 3 years last month, so I don't even know what they tend to look like nowadays. Conshohocken PA has a Fayette and Washington. It’s near Philadelphia. Thanks for the history lessons, and you’re right, they don’t make stamps like that anymore. A 3 cent stamp, for someone in my age range, is what Norm’s (in “Fargo”) painting of a duck was put on for second place. First place got the 29 cent. I used my first stamp in about 3 years last month, so I don’t even know what they tend to look like nowadays.

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