Lost & found collectors items in Battle Creek

Lost stamps in Battle Creek

On Saturday around 6:20 p.m., I was at the Battle Creek Public Library on West Michigan Avenue, sorting through a small leather album of stamps when I stepped away for a moment to grab a pen. When I turned back, the album with my grandfather’s stamps had vanished from the table near the library’s cafe. The stamps include several rare precancels from the 1950s, and they’re priceless to me for family reasons. I’m hopeful they’ll be found and returned to their place in the album, so the collection can stay whole.