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Antique Toys Came From Rochester, N.Y., Museum

One big advantage of using photographic images on postage stamps is that they accurately reproduce actual objects, each one with a history all its own.

Such is indeed the case with the self-adhesive 37¢ Antique Toys stamps, to be released in non-denominated “First-Class” form in booklets June 7, with denominated coils and booklet stamps to follow July 22.

The first-day ceremony for the latter stamps will be held in Rochester, N.Y., home of the Strong Museum. It was from that museum’s fabulous collection of historic American toys that the four toys shown on these stamps were selected.

Strong Museum Curator Patricia Hogan recently discussed the selection of the toys for these stamps with Sharon Korbeck, editorial director of our Krause sister publications Toy Shop and Toy Cars & Models. Toy Shop is a biweekly newspaper that gives news, market trends, price guides, detailed photographs and auction reports from toy dealers and shows nationwide.

“The USPS approached Strong Museum because of our world-renowned toy collection,” Hogan told Korbeck. “The four toy vehicles were selected by us because they are representative of antique toys made in the United States, and are representative also of important toy manufacturers of their time.

“They were also chosen because they are colorful and visually appealing.”