Save those cancelled stamps....

I've written about this at least two or three times over the years, but it's worth repeating, plus a change of address has just been sent to me.

There is an organization connected to the American Philatelic Society that collects cancelled stamps and uses them to get kids interested in stamp collecting.  Their educational programs benefit the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Young Stamp Collectors of America, and various outreach programs around the United States.

They take all the cancelled stamps sent to them and use them to promote a life-long hobby, so it's a worthwhile organization.  Plus, don't you just hate to toss out those pretty stamps along with the paper trash?  Here's what you can do with the cancelled stamps:  just cut out the corner of the envelope where the stamp is (leaving about a quarter-inch margin around the stamp)....... keep them in an envelope till it's filled up....... then mail them to:

American Philatelic Society
APS Youth Programs
100 Match Factory Place
Bellefonte, PA 16823

Just one first-class stamp is all that's needed to mail the stamps to the A.P.S., as long as the envelope isn't bulging at the seams.  The Philatelic Society will thank you, and you'll be making a lot of kids very happy.  Surely worth the little bit of effort this takes!