Goin' 404

Well, after about five plus years of running my web site, mydisneycollection.com will go the way of the SkyWay, Adventure Thru Inner Space and the Pack Mules. I've decided it's time to retire the site. Effective June 1, 2009 the site will be no more.

I could find a service that would host the site for free in exchange for a boatload of ads, but that's not I want to do with this site. And, I always get annoyed at all those old, abandoned sites that litter the internet.

But, I'll still continue to run this blog.

thanks,

tom

Disneyland Stamp Book 1956

I've been collecting Disney ephemera for years, and I'm still amazed at what you can find. Case in point, the Disneyland Stamp Book (seen above). Here was an item that was meant to be torn apart and used.

This book contains 50 stamps of Disneyland and each stamp was to be removed from it's place in the front of the book and stuck in its appropriate section among the pages. There are also numerous black and white drawings throughout the book that were meant to be colored. (It even says right on the front of the book - "drawings to color".)

I've often asked myself, why would somebody buy a souvenir like this only to stuff it away in a drawer for the next 50+ years. Well, somebody's lack of interest becomes my great find.

I also believe this is the only official Disney publication that features a photo of the Phantom Boats. I would like to show-off more pictures of the stamps, but I'm afraid of breaking the binding during scanning.