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Saving Animals Through Selling Stamps a StampWants Seller's Story
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1) Saving Animals Through Selling Stamps a StampWants Seller's Story
2) The latest offerings from BarryT
3) New StampWants Categories
4) Nutmeg Stamps Sale # 148 - US State Revenue Stamps
5) Featured Items
6) Recently Bid On
7) Monthly Giveaway Items for May
8) C3a Inverted Jenny Giveaway
1) Saving Animals Through Selling Stamps a StampWants Seller's Story
What do stamps and rescuing animals have in common? To most of us, nothing. But for one philatelist, selling stamps on StampWants acts as a conduit in raising money for animals in need.
StampWants member Barry Tuddenham (username barryt) of Ontario, Canada, has been raising money for animal shelters, humane societies, and charities for the past 12 years. But this is the first year that he is doing it by selling stamps.
Before turning to stamps, he created and sold animal-shaped concrete statues, some of which were over 200 pounds.
I used to joke every time I hoisted a mold full of concrete...that I should have gone into stamps, he said. Why not? Easy to ship, and how hard could it be?
Tuddenham said he soon found out how incredibly complex the world of stamps is. By studying for 12-16 hours a day, and with help from people in a nearby stamp store, he said he has learned a fair amount about Canadian stamps.
Currently, all of his profits are going to the feral cat spay/neuter program run by the charity Cats Anonymous. His goal is to raise $6,000 this summer. After that, he said he plans to raise money for a dog rescue.
Why animals? Tuddenham said he was born an animal lover. My parents were great animal lovers, I guess they passed it on, he said. We always had pets around. After seeing the appalling conditions the stray cats and dogs in his small town were living in, he decided to fight and make changes. When he retired seven years later, he dedicated his life to helping animals.
Tuddenham has been a StampWants member for almost two months and has already sold about 1,500 items. We want to grow as StampWants grows, and will be offering an amazing amount of stock - starting at 1 cent in the vast majority of cases, he said.
He he is planning on building a store selection on StampWants as well. We hope to build a large following, he said. Where else can a stamp collector get such bargains and help save lives at the same time?
-Elyse Rosenberg - Staff Writer - Have an interesting philatelic related story? Email us today, and let us know!
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2) The latest offerings from BarryT [ Visit This Seller's Store ]
3) New StampWants Categories
We recently added a few new categories to StampWants.com. We've added Proofs & Essays to U.S. Back of the Book, and broke down the U.S. Covers > Event Covers category into further sub-categories, which now includes |
4) Nutmeg Stamps Sale # 148 - US State Revenue Stamps
$32.00
43 days, 2h
Lot # 50663
Arkansas # L111g ** VF, 1955, 1/2 and 1 pint and 1/10, 1/...
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$16.00
43 days, 2h
Lot # 51385
Florida # L31 SP(*) VF, unlisted "punched specimen", 1939...
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$10.00
43 days, 2h
Lot # 52084
Kansas # B23 O Bellinghausen #, VF, 1947 "CEREAL MALT BEV...
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$5.00
43 days, 2h
Lot # 52825
Maryland # L41 BL** VF, NH, 1945 "LIQUOR EXCISE TAX" 1/16...
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$5.00
43 days, 2h
Lot # 53501
Missouri # B96HM O VF, 1946-47 "DEPARTMENT OF LIQUOR CONT...
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$5.00
43 days, 2h
Lot # 53998
Nebraska # L78 ** EF, Pruess #, 1957, decal, 1 pint green
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$8.00
43 days, 2h
Lot # 54900
Ohio # W7 ** VF, se, crs, NH, 1933, one dollar gray viole...
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$750.00
43 days, 2h
Lot # 55397
Tennessee # T1 COL* O 1925-50, T1/T136, Approximately 5,9...
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7) Monthly Giveaway Items for May
8) C3a Inverted Jenny Giveaway
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