December 7, 2025
Tag: completists
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Samplers vs Completists
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In a continuing debate – ongoing for nearly twenty years – one of my dearest postcard friends and I have wondered, “When collecting sets of postcards, which is better, being a “sampler” or being a “completist.” For the sake of debate, we define a sampler as someone who collects any piece of a set without…
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March 24, 2021 3 Comments
Charles W. Hanson is 93 years old. When he was a boy he worked at an observatory in Massachusetts. His job wasn’t a big-deal, but it fostered a life-long fascination with all things astronomic. He claims he can remember the first star he saw through a telescope. Charlie lives with one of his three daughters in Rhode Island.