{"id":8975,"date":"2015-06-16T09:40:26","date_gmt":"2015-06-16T13:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/?p=8975"},"modified":"2015-06-06T21:02:01","modified_gmt":"2015-06-07T01:02:01","slug":"buying-souvenirs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/2015\/06\/16\/buying-souvenirs\/","title":{"rendered":"Buying Souvenirs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you go on vacation do you collect something similar from every destination you visit? \u00a0One of the challenges of traveling and Buying Souvenirs\u00a0is ensuring you have a way to get them home in your suitcase or ship them without breaking the bank.<\/p>\n<p>I started traveling for business 10 years ago and quickly decided on postage stamps as my souvenir of choice. \u00a0Postage was easy to find, cheap and very easy to pack. \u00a0In fact, I lot the stamps I&#8217;d purchased on a few occasions and had to re-buy them. \u00a0I ended up getting a small little book that I could put them in and to this day, keep adding to the book.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of the stamps I&#8217;ve collected over time. \u00a0Sometimes I buy new stamps, in fact I typically try to buy new, non-cancelled postage, but sometimes there&#8217;s a historical stamp I&#8217;ll want or something special that&#8217;s not current.<\/p>\n<p>I couldn&#8217;t pass up\u00a0these commemorative stamps<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8976\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/files\/2015\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-06-at-7.24.59-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-06-06 at 7.24.59 PM\" width=\"609\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-06-at-7.24.59-PM.png 609w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-06-at-7.24.59-PM-300x120.png 300w\" 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