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Postby Lucky Luke » January 5th, 2007

My first stamp ever was Brisbane (which isn't very exciting coming from NZ) but I'd been to the UK and Aussie a couple of times travelling on my mum's passport, back in the days before too many people kidnapped their own kids and even babies needed one.
The first stamp in my UK passport was the cook islands about a month ago, but I'd been travelling all over europe on that, not getting stamped within the EU, until, being uber-dork that I am, I started queueing with my NZ passport just to get stamped!

(btw: is anyone else unimpressed with the 'standard format' EU stamp? It makes the pages look much less interesting)
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Postby La Rosser » January 5th, 2007

On my very first passport (which I no longer have) the first destination was Cairo, but I think there may have been a stamp at a stop-over point. (Hey, it's been nearly 30 years, and my mind was on other things!)

Second passport, the first stamp was from Narita.

Current passport, the first stamp is from Gatwick.

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Postby semicolon » January 5th, 2007

My first trip across the pond was a year-long-all-expense-paid-trip by my Uncle Sammy to Korea. I was on orders and didn't need a passport.
My current book-of-travels was stamped in Tashkent Uzbekistan. I have one going IN...but not one going OUT....hmmm...
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Postby Marisa » January 6th, 2007

My first passport, when I got when I was fresh out of the womb, practically...my first and only stamp was for the USA. About June 1977.

My current passport...my first entry is a full page 6 month student visa to Australia - issued around Jan 1999
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Postby Brooke vs. the World » January 6th, 2007

first stamp in Rome in 2000
i was 17
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Postby Sky Annie » January 6th, 2007

Ecuador in 1991 and my first trip off the continent.
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Postby LolaVT312 » January 6th, 2007

Fun question! First stamp was in 2001 when I was 15 and went to Costa Rica. Second stamp was last december when I went back followed by the rest of Central America and soon to be followed by many others!
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Postby Bush Trekker » January 6th, 2007

My first stamp was for British Honduras. The country is now called Belize. I wish that my house hadn't burned down back in the 80's or I would have a collectors item. My newest passport is brqnd new so totally virgin until October.


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Postby Felix the Hat » January 6th, 2007

Brazilian visa from the consulate in Chicago. The stamped it upon arrival in Rio, when I was 13.
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Postby Keppie » January 6th, 2007

London Heathrow in Jan. 2004- I was 21, alone, and terrified Smile What a can of worms that opened! Big Grin
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Postby terah7 » January 6th, 2007

Great question. London Heathrow on August 20, 2002 and I've been traveling ever since.
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Postby ferml » January 6th, 2007

I'm 30. My first stamp was to India in March 2005. I'm a late bloomer.
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Postby Piecar » January 6th, 2007

Any time is a good time to start. India is a nice first stamp too.
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Postby NYCAmy » January 6th, 2007

First stamp in Switzerland, where I was a foreign exchange student when I was 16. Traveled all through Europe that summer and never got a subsequent stamp - totally bummed me out!
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Postby Madhu » January 7th, 2007

quote:
Originally posted by ferml:
I'm 30. My first stamp was to India in March 2005. I'm a late bloomer.


Its never too late to start. And what a stamp...very couragous of you to go to India for your first travel experiece.
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