JUNE 2017

April was the best sales month in a year and we were surprised that May turned out even better. We got little else done in May other than keeping up with orders. We did mange [...]

JUNE 2017

April was the best sales month in a year and we were surprised that May turned out even better. We got little else done in May other than keeping up with orders. We did manage [...]

MAY NEWS

  Well we had some bad news this month, Jill had to move back to Texas- she suffers severely from allergies particularly mold. As it happens the St Louis area has the nation’s highest mold [...]

APRIL 2017

We just finished - the St Louis Stamp Expo. We very much enjoyed meeting many of our long time customers and new customers also. (I still dislike having to sit behind the booth all day [...]

MARCH 2017

The weather this year is a rerun of last year - an exceptionally mild winter and an early spring. Our daffodils are blooming now about three weeks early this year. It seems to get milder [...]

January 2017

December is usually a slow month for stamps because of the holidays. Not so this year - December was our busiest month of the year. Christmas was really good for the Schneiders again this year. [...]

December News

This has been a long year for me - lots of medical problems which slowed me down to almost a complete stop - especially during last summer. Fortunately Jill kept the stamp business going when [...]

November News

Fall leaves are disappointing this year - we have had too much warm weather and the leaves just dried up and fell off - disappointing. I am truly getting spoiled. Now that Jill is working [...]

OCTOBER NEWS

Fall is still eluding us - most days are in the 80's. The weather here for October and November is usually the best of the year. Business was very good in September but we were [...]

News September 2016

Summer has skipped y faster than usual this year. I’m getting better physically and have a lot more energy - hence, we are getting more stamp work done!. Actually much of the improvement is due [...]

AUGUST NEWS

This month makes an even two years that my daughter Jill has been working with me. She has made my job much, much easier. Given my back surgery in May she filled all of our [...]

JULY 2016 NEWS

Two months after my back surgery I’m starting to feel human again. In the past ten days I’ve gained a tremendous amount of energy and am able to work full time again. We finished our [...]

JUNE 2016

I finally had my back surgery in early May. I had 4 vertebrae fused in my lower back. Recovery time is estimated to take up to a year so there is lot’s of unpleasant time [...]

MAY NEWS

Well we worked extra hard in April and were able to finish our next price list before my surgery. My daughter Jill is primed to do my work for me while I am in the [...]

APRIL NEWS

The surgery I thought I would have in March is now scheduled for early May. The bad part is that the surgeon determined I needed more serious surgery on my spine which will require up [...]