Maynard Sundman Lecture Series Maynard Sundman’s love of stamp collecting began in 1927. As a child, Maynard was fascinated by these tiny bits of paper and all the history and culture they held. At 19, Maynard started a mail-order stamp business with $400 he had saved, operating out of his parents’ home in Connecticut. After serving in World War II, he founded his second firm, Littleton Stamp Company, with his wife Fannie Kasper Sundman. The company branched into coins for collectors in the 1950s. In 1974, the Sundman family purchased Mystic Stamp Company of Camden, New York, operated by Maynard’s son, Donald Sundman. Maynard continues to work with his son David, president of Littleton Coin Company in Littleton, New Hampshire. In 2002, the National Postal Museum began a lecture series named in honor of Maynard Sundman, which is funded through a donation to the Museum by his sons David and Donald Sundman. The lectures further philatelic scholarship and explore and interpret new philatelic research. Maynard Sundman with sons David (left) and Donald (right) 2
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