General Forum

I was at a second hand store today and found some cards and bought them.  It had an odd mix of Missouri Conservation cards (which I'm working on trying to get a checklist), and some other cards.  The other cards were of the likes of Softball, and Harriet Tubman.  After digging some, I found a website talking about when stamps were issued and showed what the stamps look like.  I found out that what I have are trading cards with the stamp designs on the front.  On the back is a short bio and a place to place the stamp.

My question to those of you who may also collect stamps, did they make them for every special stamp set?  The cards I have are from around the 1994-1997 years, and vary from different sets.  I was just looking for a little more info.  I don't have my scanner nearby, so I can post pics.  Also did they make cards for every stamp in that set?  I'm just trying to get info so I can add them to the database.

Overall, I think this is a cool concept and if I knew about it, I might have gotten into collecting stamps when I was younger (and stamps were cheaper), since one of my sisters did it for a while.

I don't believe they make them anymore. I have an interest in stamps but cards get the majority of my attention. They are not, however, offered in the catalog you can get from the post office.

 I never saw these, can somone post one?

Jupiterhill, are you talking about these?

No it doesn't look like that.  I finally scanned them, here is an example.