HASSO HERING

A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley

‘Forever’ gets a little cheaper

Written April 6th, 2016 by Hasso Hering

What does a first-class stamp cost? The price is “Forever,” it says. How much is that? Any day now, to my surprise, it will be two pennies less.


Old stamps and what they teach

Written November 11th, 2015 by Hasso Hering

Ever heard of Gustaf Mannerheim? Me either. Not, that is, until I started wading through an unorganized pile of loose stamps left behind years ago by my wife’s late uncle. And the moral is: We could learn a lot from stamps, if only we still mailed each other letters and bought the commemorative stamps I […]


 
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