How's your STAMPWANTS 'recall'? ••• A FREE COVER to those of you with great memories!
I miss the camaraderie of the old STAMPWANTS gang!
I recently came across a bunch of old drawings that I had done for the STAMPWANTS Forum back when we were all toying with the idea of creating a StampWants Mascot! Any of you remember that little exercise?
One of the nearly 30 animals and other characters that were suggested as candidates happened to be a SHARK . . . so I put that artwork on an envelope, franked it with one of the recent shark stamps, and serviced it at the recent AmeriCover convention of the AFDCS in Cleveland, Ohio (my hometown!).
I'll send one of these covers - FREE!- to the FIRST FIVE old-time StampWanters who can each name TWO of the different mascot proposals that I drew up back in 2008 based on your suggestions! (You aren't allowed to merely restate a mascot from a previous winning guess).
Just name two of the animals or characters that were suggested and drawn up! For each pair of winning mascot guesses you post here you'll win this FREE COVER (retail value: a smile) and I'll post the original images of the two mascots in your winning guess from all those years ago!
Guess early . . . guess often!
Good Luck!
. . . and you can check out our current cover offerings here: https://www.hipstamp.com/store/bennett-cachetoons
I recently came across a bunch of old drawings that I had done for the STAMPWANTS Forum back when we were all toying with the idea of creating a StampWants Mascot! Any of you remember that little exercise?
One of the nearly 30 animals and other characters that were suggested as candidates happened to be a SHARK . . . so I put that artwork on an envelope, franked it with one of the recent shark stamps, and serviced it at the recent AmeriCover convention of the AFDCS in Cleveland, Ohio (my hometown!).
I'll send one of these covers - FREE!- to the FIRST FIVE old-time StampWanters who can each name TWO of the different mascot proposals that I drew up back in 2008 based on your suggestions! (You aren't allowed to merely restate a mascot from a previous winning guess).
Just name two of the animals or characters that were suggested and drawn up! For each pair of winning mascot guesses you post here you'll win this FREE COVER (retail value: a smile) and I'll post the original images of the two mascots in your winning guess from all those years ago!
Guess early . . . guess often!
Good Luck!
. . . and you can check out our current cover offerings here: https://www.hipstamp.com/store/bennett-cachetoons
Comments
I also just realized that in the same newsletter announcing the 1 Millionth Stamp Sold, we had a feature on voting for the StampWants Mascot, which included this image:
There was another funny non-animal one that I'm pretty sure you suggested!! Put on that thinking cap!
. . . someone also suggested an Inverted Monkey!
-- wearing Fred Flintstone's suit, apparently! ???
Dianne was around for that special moment and once again, Mr. Roth bought it.
Who sold the 2 millionth stamp?
I'll make the membership cards as long as nobody talks to me about them or expects anything from me.
Just leave me alone until I'm finished.
But you can see them now here at our HipStamp store! Five fun covers at auction all starting at just $1.00 each! And there is never a charge for shipping!
Check 'em out!
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Boris & Natasha
Moose and Squirrel, Boris and Natasha ... Mail from some flounder!
Watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat! . . . Oops! Wrong hat!
Since we're at Four Winners and there are still some unguessed mascots to reveal, I'm thinking I may broaden the winners' pool to SEVEN winners of the free shark cover!
And YES - at the end of the guessing I'll show a couple of 'group shots' of all the mascots. To the best of my memory, I think we voted on "Reggie the Raccoon" (or Phlat Stampley as he has come to be known) as the unofficial StampWants Mascot.
Maybe we should put a big blue mustache on him and call him the new unofficial HipStamp Forum Mascot!
Yes! It was "Sholly Wallaby", for some reason, even though he sure looks like a Kangaroo to me!
I'm so glad you made it here, Doug! You're our final winner!!
Congratulations to you, Jeri, Luree, Dave, Ted, Michael and Kurt!! The old gang comes through!
I'll post images of the other mascot suggestions sometime soon.
Thanks for playing, everybody!
The first one was called "Round One Winners" (I guess there was no Round Two) when the 'cute' Inverted Jenny got the most votes.
And the final picture was called "The Last Album Page", a fitting end to this nostalgic little entertainment!
Thanks for making it so much fun, everyone!
Another fun little 'participatory' event we all enjoyed!!
Thanks for the memory, Mark!!
Phlat Stampley. Dave, you also had a cute airplane much like the "Inverted Jenny"
CONGRATULATIONS!
Or the mouse on the cover for the Traveling Mousepad Worldwide Tour?