After years of collecting stamps as a child, my parents were left with enough
books to fill a post office, but when they moved to France it seemed my
childhood hobby played no part in their au revoir so the stamps came to live
with me. I didn't just want them just sat in books or boxes anymore –
they needed to be seen in all the glory I had once seen in them as a child.

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Maps seemed the best idea, and with such a vast range I could use
geographically correct ones where they fitted. Soon, our Button Queen

stock proved popular in local galleries and gift shops.

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Along with the stamps we also rediscovered nostalgic card and board games
that had long since been forgotten about. We found that the games were best
recycled into greetings cards, and the joy on people's faces as they see their
childhood memories is worth the hours we spend sourcing the rare and unique

forgotten gems.