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Introduction
Click here for Trains pages What's New? Click here for "Z" page Click here for contents page Click here for "A" page Site Map Click here for Trains pages Pictorial and thematic alphabets are probably as old as printing - perhaps as old as books themselves. Today we may think of them primarily as learning tools for children , but many adults - including me - enjoy making up alphabets as games or entertainments. Edward Gorey is perhaps the best-known modern American creator of illustrated alphabets for adults
So when a couple of friends and I wanted to create something to communicate our love of stamp collecting, an alphabet was the logical choice. I compiled a list of potential topics, and we debated their merits. One important criterion was that each topic we chose had to be able to be easily and attractively illustrated both visually and verbally, and if possible should include a good story or two. For many of the letters, selecting just a single topic was difficult - "B" could have been BEP , or Balloon Mail
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