Bretalex Stamp Company History
Alexander T. Haimann
Alexander Haimann began collecting stamps at age seven. Deciding that his weekly one-dollar allowance would not suffice to satisfy his stamp collecting needs, Alex began selling stamps informally between local Detroit dealers at age ten. In November of 1998 at the age of twelve, Alex rented his first table at a local Detroit show. In the same year, Alex went in to business with his Cousin Bret Hoffman. Combining their first names to create Bretalex Stamp Company they focused on mint low value 1893 Columbians. Haimann and Hoffman built their business from there, holding their first table as Bretalex at Milcopex 2000 in Milwakee, Wisconsin with a limited United States and Worldwide stamp & cover stock. Haimann & Hoffman held their first booth at the 2001 APS National Show in Chicago at ages fifteen & seventeen respectively. Linn’s Stamp News in their February 18th, 2002 Issue featured an article chronicling the cousins’ APS show debut.
Alex and Mark behind their booth at the APS Show In Atlantic City, NJ 2002
Alex and Mike behind their booth at the APS Show In Sacramento, CA 2004
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