My first flea

Atlas Quest's flea icon

There was a recent discussion about fleas vs hitchhikers in the Atlas Quest forums. It got me thinking that I should give it a try.

The flea is an all-purpose traveller – it can go from letterboxer to letterboxer (like a cootie) OR from letterbox to letterbox (like a hitchhiker) or any combination. To log it you type in the letterbox name, city, and province/state into the “Location Caught (City, State)”.  I tested the box and you can add a letterbox name.  It would be nice if a flea had an optional “Letterbox found in:” box, but it doesn’t.

The reason I have planted hitchhikers is to watch them travel. Perhaps there will be more travelling if the stamp can travel not only between boxes but between people as well.

Here’s my first flea:

Hinterland Who’s Who: Striped Skunk

Hinterland Who’s Who: Striped Skunk (flea)

Instruction note inside cover and note on back of stamp

Back cover message and back of stamp

It has been placed in “Autopsy! Scully“.

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