Home Office: 1924 SW 3rd St., Ankeny, Iowa 50021

Postal History, Transportation Coils

Coils, Duck Stamps (Federal), Plate Number Coils (PNC), United States, Worldwide

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old: P. O. Box 57187, Des Moines, IA 50317-0004 : 515-279-0884 (c.'05)
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Southwest Stamps
Gary M. Goldstein ^APS-14*
2310 SE Delaware Ave. - Ste G - #278, Ankeny, IA 50021

United States, British, Western Europe, Australia (via St. Louis Expo 2012)

I have been in the stamp business on and off since 1975 when my father and I started a fledgling stamp business in New York. . . .

In 1977 (or so) I began to delve into the stamp auction business under the name of Gemini Stamp Co. and was in partnership with my brother for two years. We soon parted ways and I continued the auctions under my own name until about 1982. While I didn't run auctions for the next few years, I continued to run Mail Auctions and sell via price lists. In 1985 I stopped selling stamps altogether and concentrated on my family opting instead for a steady paycheck in the business world.

Fast forward to 2000. I had moved from New York to Las Vegas in 1986 and decided to dabble in stamps once again by offering a few items on eBay. I started with a meager $500 investment to test the water and bought a few things at an auction. When I saw the potential for running a full-time stamp business again, I began buying and selling more and more until I was able to quit my day job and focus entirely on the stamp business. In 2002, I registered the name Southwest Stamps in Nevada and the company was born. Several years passed with the company slowly building. Then, in 2005, my wife, Cheryll, and I made the move to South Carolina. We both quit our jobs and began to focus entirely on the business. . . .