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Hutchinson News
October 13, 1985
Computerized exchange for philatelists
The 35-year-old financier has started an international
stamp exchange in Miami Beach so collectors can buy and sell rare postage
stamps, like stocks, by computer.
Stamp dealers believe Rousso’s plan will rejuvenate the hobby as
well as drastically alter the way collectors hunt their prey. Rousso hopes
it will convince millions of investors to buy rare stamps the way they
now buy gold or stocks.
“It’s a terrific idea. I can only see additional collectors
coming in on this, “ said Stan Kopkin of Tropical Stamps, a large
dealer in Fort Lauderdale.
“I’ve been in the business 52 years and stamp collectors don’t
hook on to new ideas too quickly,” said Herman Herst, a philatelic
appraiser and consultant from Boca Raton. “But we need something
like this.”
Kenneth Miller, president of Promenade Stamp Co., added: “The search,
the hunt for stamps, for many, is the greatest challenge of the hobby.
With the opening of this exchange, this hobby comes into the 20th century.
“This will be like a new life for the stamp industry,” Rousso
told about 50 philatelists, who attended the opening of the exchange in
September.
“I hope you will always look back on Sept. 30, 1985, and say ‘that
was the day that revolutionized the art of stamp collecting.’”
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