Fresh from the Scandinavian snow, hot out of the oven arrived a packet of stamps from Thomas Cohn, Sjobo, Sweden. The envelope that he sent me - the seventh so far - holds the record for the greatest number of postage stamps on its outside. On the front there are 14, and on the back there's a block of 5 by 10 (minus one).
Thomas also writes the most formal-looking letter, and I wouldn't be surprised if he was a lawyer or judge. But at heart he's a regular guy. He bakes bread at home to keep the house warm, and then grumbles a little about the number of dirty dishes he creates!
Thomas is human in other ways too. He has a weak spot for older stamps with readable cancellations (as do I) and he is not a stickler for counting the exact number of stamps "Counting swapped stamps is not one of my strong sides". He is keen on collecting stamps, stationery and FDCs form the whole world "no lists, undamaged material only".
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