Maine on Stamps
Over the years, the Postal Service has provided thumb-sized tutorials in the history of the Pine Tree State.
By Ken Textor
This just in: Breaking news from the world of Maine philatelists. After a twenty-two-year drought in the stamp-collecting world, no less than three Maine-related commemorative stamps were issued last year. And among philatelists, a trifecta year is pretty close to a grand slam in a somewhat more popular American pastime.[For the rest of this story, see the September 2008 issue of Down East.]
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