Friday, August 13, 2010

Exercise Bulimia Statistics

70's Russia looks at the post

Riva
The philatelist José López opened an exhibition space in the Post Office building with displays of his private collection of rings.

From the afternoon of Wednesday, the ancient Mexican Post Office building located at the intersection of Venustiano Carranza and Independence also have a space for art. It is some meters are taken from the room where the customers are going to post your letters and packages that can be displayed collections of stamps, or some photographs. The site opened with the exhibition "Russia", the independent philatelist Riva José López.

The exhibit displays several screens where you can see stamps from Russia. The collection contains the full four-year material issued by the country in Eastern Europe, specifically from 1971 to 1974. The material came into the hands of Riva Lopez (who serves as full-time doctor at the Civil Hospital and the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social) through the exchange normally done with other European philatelists.

How does a philatelist? Sure everyone has their own story. For Riva Lopez, the issue is date of birth. In 1968, the exponent now living in San Luis Potosi and held a fraternal relationship of letters to her friend. Someone told him his letters "were pretty stamps." Riva Lopez, who until then had never noticed those stamps that are placed on top of the envelopes where the cards are inserted, only managed to say "Oh yeah right." Thus was born a new philatelist.

it survive this hobby in the world of instant communication, the one where the mail is almost exclusive use of companies urging you to make a payment or who want to convince the recipient to buy something? For Riva Lopez, it's not is very clear. "True, today people do not want to wait a month for someone else to answer a letter. But I can tell you that we are to the bone, we will not ever stop. And when we finish, then who knows what happens. " While

discovered this existential enigma, you can enjoy the exhibit while visiting the Russian Post Office (Venustiano Carranza, corner of Independence.)
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