What I found most fascinating about his comments is he wanted to change the letterbox hybrid so that a unique stamp would be a requirement i.e. "originals". Too bad that idea never developed. 6 years later (September 2009) I would lament on the forums about the lack of original hand carved stamps in letterboxes in my area (custom made stamps are good too - a stamp made from a design made especially for the letterbox - popular in England's form of letterboxing). It's great to know that Jeremy felt similarly.
Posted 28 April 2003 - 03:15 AMLast summer at one of our Geocaching picnics, one of the park rangers was approached by a child to have his passport book stamped with the park's stamps.
So I thought, hey, since we already had a Letterbox/Hybrid idea, why not start including the park stamps as well? This is a great opportunity to extend the hunt out to the National Parks and other areas where a geocache may not necessarily be allowed.
There are many links online to get started, but a large list of these locations would be great for folks with kids. What do you think?
I figured we could change Letterboxing Hybrid to Stamp Hunting - This would also address the issue of folks not understanding that you shouldn't take the stamp.
Suggested rules for Stamp Hunting:
Permission will still need to be obtained before placing one, but existing stamp locations are fine. Also, if it is located in a park it is fine to have an address or directions as an alternative to using a GPS.
- All stamps should be originals (not store bought)
- Designs should be family friendly
- Logbooks are optional. Unlike Letterboxing you are not required to have your own stamp.
- Stamps are non-commercial (similar rules to geocaching)
Ultimately the goal to geocaching is to locate places you have never been, so it seems appropriate as a variation.
Thoughts?
