SubwayStamp.com
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Subway Stamp Shop
Description
Virginia Goldberg operates Subway Stamp Shop as a family business. Her motto "Stamp Collecting.... fun for the whole family" reflects the way Virginia make her business decisions. Subway has everything a stamp collector might need from stamp hinges to the highest quality deluxe hingeless albums. Subway guarantees customer satisfaction and will exchange or refund any product you are not satisfied with. Please read legal for details.
Hugh's father, Simon E Goldberg was a lifelong stamp collector. In the evenings he made stamp packets from duplicates and lots, and sold them from displays he placed in luncheonettes, cigar and candy stores. In the late 1940's Simon, using his own collection, opened a stamp collecting department in the corner of a cousin's camera shop in Brooklyn (NY). The business quickly grew and in 1952 Simon made the move to world famous "Nassau Street" (New York City) when he purchased Subway Stamp Shop (est. 1931). The store was located in the subway arcade at 87 Nassau Street (hence the name Subway) until Subway relocated to larger quarters on the 2nd floor at 111 Nassau Street. Nassau street was the home of hundreds of stamp collecting companies from the 1930's thru the 1970's. Stamp collectors and dealers both headed straight for Nassau street when visiting New York. For many years Subway Stamp Shop's advertisements started with the line "Nassau Street - where stamp collecting began.
Hugh became sole owner when his father died in 1975. That summer he met Virginia, who was director of children's activities at Parents Without Partners. Virginia was a widow with three children between the ages of 3 and 16. Hugh's four children, the same ages, lived with him on weekends. Hugh and Virginia began doing things with their children and soon realized they had much more in common than her Italian Roman Catholic heritage and his Jewish heritage would suggest. Hugh proposed on their third date (smartest move I ever made says Hugh) and they were married in December of 1975. Virginia feels their different religions have had a great influence on the children. The family celebrates holidays of both faiths and the kids (and now the grandkids) respect and rejoice with each other on occasions like first communions and bar mitzvahs.
