"...Afton artist John Kaul remembers sending the first letters of his life to his paternal grandmother, Eva Kaul, in Faribault. The letters — “probably notes about school, or thank-you notes” — were the precursor of many to come. ...Kaul started collecting postage stamps when he was about 10. “My dad brought home from work envelopes with stamps coming from around the world,” he said. ...“I’ve always been someone who sent thank-you notes, and I always tried to dress up my letters to people with interesting stamps,” he said. “Sometimes there would be a theme. "
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