September News

Hopefully the hottest part of this year is behind us. The June-August heat and lack of rain really dried up this part of Texas. Most lawns were allowed to turn brown and many gardens were [...]

August News

We are just about completely settled in here in Iowa Park. We had ten days in a row of 100+ weather which included three days over 110. So far there have been 25 days over [...]

JULY NEWS

As you might expect we are still recovering from our move from Illinois. Our movers turned a pretty smooth move into a painful one by not delivering our household and business goods for 10 days [...]

JUNE NEWS

We finally made it to Texas! This past month has really been hectic - getting 35 years of stuff ready to move was the biggest challenge. We culled an even 3 1/2 tons of odds [...]

MAY NEWS

The big news for us is that we are going to be moving at the end of May. We are moving to Iowa Park Texas - located next to Wichita Falls Texas which is about [...]

April 2018

The St Louis Stamp Expo was very well attended by collectors this year despite winter like cold weather. The show was most successful for us sales wise but I’m afraid I’m getting too old for [...]

March 2018

It looks like our particularly long winter is about over. We have a new puppy which needs outside training and I’ve been waiting for weather that I can stand to do the training! We have [...]

February 2018

We have had a really cold winter this year. After quite a few years of mild winters we are not very resistant to bitter cold! Part of the problem is that we are trying to [...]

January 2018 News

We sincerely want to thank all of our customers for making 2017 our best sales year ever. Having my daughter help me with customer want lists and orders really made it easier to find stamps [...]

December News

  This has been a busy fall season for us - that’s good but time seems to fly by faster than ever. We are still in the midst of buying a huge Austria estate and [...]

November News

September and October were are best two sales months in many years - thank you all! We have been busier than usual just keeping up with orders. We have also been buying more collections than [...]

October News

This summer was unusually dry and our fall color is not up to par as a result. Still we have had a very mild summer and the fall weather is very pleasant also. Both Jill [...]

September News

The big deal in the St Louis area for August was the lunar eclipse. Everyone wanted to see it and our region was really crowded for a couple of days. The event was covered so [...]

August 2017

Sales this year have been much higher than usual which keeps us always behind in getting things done. We of course, prefer that to the alternative. Demand has been highest for German offices and colonies, [...]

JULY 2017

We had another super busy month in June. As a result we are running a bit late in getting our July price list completed, mailed and on line. We will get it finished this week. [...]