Stamp Department : Page 64

Into this situation came the stamp department of thelarge Department Stores. At first such departments merelyhandled packets and the available stamp albums. Themanager of one such department, Jacques Minkus, inGimbels New York City store, became ever more frus-trated at his inability, from the material available, to meetthe demands of his clients. More and more he saw theneed for better stamp albums, and catalogs. Larger selec-tions of stamps then were available in the "Packets." Hesensed, perhaps more than he actually perceived, thedemand for stamps and stamp albums for "the man inthe street." What he quite probably did not perceive wasthat stamp collecting needed a leader. Someone to showthe way back to the basic principles that had made thehobby so attractive to millions through the world. JacquesMinkus set out to supply the demands of his clients. Helistened carefully to all complaints and then publishedalbums designed to meet the collectors' real needs. Then,