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Antique dealer's hobby started with stamps

'Padron's Memories'

Photo by Jim Misunas Great Bend Tribune William Padron, right, talks to a buyer at the 42nd Annual Antique and Collectibles Show and Sale at Larned.

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By Jim Misunas jmisunas@gbtribune.com LARNED -- Antique dealer William Padron said his longtime fascination with antiques started in Cub Scouts. “I needed a merit badge for stamps, but you had to get one type of stamp from a lot of different categories,” he said. “I got help finding them from a lot of friends.” The U.S. and foreign postage stamps included postal cards, airmail, postage-due stamps and other categories. Soon, Padron was branching out to ...

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