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Old 12-24-2014, 04:10 PM
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Used to have several of the Sat. Evening Post stamps. Only one left, a Piedmont 150 portrait of Mickey Doolan:

Henry Weil, Agent
The Saturday Evening Post
No. 710 Broadway
Paducah, KY

Editing because I took the time to google Henry Weil. Not hard to find his whole life story in a few minutes. Born to Adolph and Kate Weil who were part of a Jewish community in Paducah. Henry would have been 8 years old when T206s were in packs. His dad ran a liquor store so I would guess he sold newspapers and magazines out of that store. Graduated from Paducah High in 1920. Attended the Univ. of Pennsylvania. Joined an insurance company in 1923 which became very prosperous and still operates today. He and his father built the Cobb Hotel across the street and he was living unmarried in that hotel in 1940. Enlisted in WWII and served 4 1/2 years. Sometime after the war he married a girl 21 years younger and had two daughters. In 1947 he was one of the business leaders who formed the Paducah Baseball Assoc., bought land, built a ballpark, and induced the Milwaukee Braves to stock the Paducah Chiefs minor league team. Was a prominent business man in Paducah for many years. He was very big in bird hunting and field trials and owned a champion bird dog. Died in 1979. His wife survived until 2008. Buried in Temple Israel Cemetery.

Even found this picture from 1962!
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