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Show Stamps for Disabled Men of World War II Philatelic Interest Alleviates Mental Strain Among Convalescents A campaign recently launched by an Oregon ex-newspaper publisher pub-lisher to aid in the rehabilitation of those wounded on far-flung battle bat-tle fronts is noteworthy. This campaign Xs to aid these boys in filling their long hours with something that will take their minds off the horrors they have gone through, for instance, service serv-ice men in physic-neurotic wards to bring their minds back to normalcy nor-malcy . . . the collection of stamps placing them in albums and studying study-ing the history connected therewith. there-with. Many of them are already stamp collectors, having acquired the hobby as a child but now need aid in starting again. All stamps, whether postage from letters, boxes or wrappers except ex-cept the common 1, 2 and 3-cent variety should be saved. Also stamps from hunting licenses, wine boxes, playing cards, deeds, etc., can be used. Anything of a very old nature should be left on the envelopes as well as those of an unusual nature, such as old air mails or registry. Stamps should be left on paper or soaked off paper in cold water, and the stamp should be handled with tweezers of some sort . . . never with the fingers, then laid between blotters to dry. Never trim off perforations. Many scarce and valuable stamps have been ruined in so doing. Old accumulations of stamps, high denominations, or old discarded discard-ed collections will be appreciated, either used or unused. Air raid wardens, block leaders and schools can do much in their various communities com-munities in elevating the morale and giving the boys a pleasant and educating pastime. To aid in the work and the purchase of albums al-bums for the beginner, contributions contribu-tions will be appreciated. The name of this worthy campaign cam-paign is "Stamps for Disabled Service Serv-ice Men," and the address is 234 So. Court avenue, Prineville, Oregon. Ore-gon. The chairman is Syd D. Pierce, ex-newspaper publisher, and for years a stamp collector. |