Just in case you would otherwise miss it, it is now possible to list your stamps on Atlas Quest.

Each box listed on AQ can now include one more stamps. This is entirely optional, but for those of you who just can't help yourselves, there is now a proper place for you to list all of the stamps within one of your boxes. =)

-- Ryan

I should also mention.... this was a pretty substantial update. Even had to take AQ down for a half hour while updating the website to support this feature.

As far as I know, it's all working properly and like expected, but please be patient if you find any bugs or problems that I need to work out. There's a good chance that some could have slipped through the cracks!

-- Ryan

I accidentally hit the IGNORE button for an event and can't figure out how to find the event now.

It's either too early in the AM or I'm getting senile.

Events tab / Advanced search button / Options section --> click show ignored events

When I first logged on this morning the history was new. Now it is yesterday's history. Am I a time traveler?

Anniversaries are also yesterday’s.

thank you.
I found it and unignored it

You are hurtling through both time and space--at approximately 1 second per second. =)

-- Ryan

It might not be a bug, but it now appears that every box in a series is "the first box"
When seeing a number before a name is it generally assumed to be a numbered list.
1. Barrington
1. Bristol
1. Burriville
1. Central Falls.........

I planted 40 stamps in 40 different boxes over 3 miles, so definitely a series, is there a way to hide the count before the box name if theres only one? Or use letters for the stamps In a box?
So more like
1. Box One
2. Box Two
3a Box Three
3b Box Three 2nd stamp....

https://www.atlasquest.com/showinfo.php?boxId=362697

Edit: definitely a bug. I added a fake second stamp and the box after was labeled "2" but then back to "1" for every box after that!

Yep, totally a bug. Sorry about that. It should be fixed now! =)

The stamps aren't really supposed to show numbers at all--you'll only see a number as part of the name of the box (i.e. "Stamp #1") if the stamp has no name and there's more than one stamp in the box.

If the stamp has a name, that'll be displayed. If there's only one stamp in the box and it doesn't have a name, it doesn't display a name at all.

When you're adding/editing a box, it'll display the stamp number as roman numerals. I thought about using letters, but I figured some people are going to occasionally hide boxes that have more than 26 stamps in it and I wasn't really sure what would happen if I tried to use letters for them. So I wanted to use numbers that basically allowed it to be limitless--but I also didn't want to use "normal" numbers so they wouldn't be confused with the box numbers. So I told AQ to use roman numerals instead. Which in most cases, I think people can understand easily enough. (i, ii, iii, iv, v, vi, etc.)

By the time they get to 50+, it might be hard to figure out precisely which number stamp something is, but the actual number of the stamp never really seemed important. Mostly, I put it there more to delineate one stamp from another. But the roman numerals don't show up on the box details or clues or anything either.

-- Ryan

I have my lock-picking set ready! =)

-- Ryan

From your blog post:

Hmm, feelin' a tad judge-y? 😄

Seriously though, I'm sure the good peeps of our ranks appreciate your hard work and responsiveness to the hue and cries of desire.

_{(not mine, of course, but what are you going to do...)}

^{I kid, I kid}

Box 187878 has a First-Aid Needed attribute on it. I can't figure out why nor how to get rid of it. Any help?

Congratulations on your book! I put in a purchase suggestion for it at my library - hopefully they will add a copy to their collection.

Did it just appear? I see nothing in the comments. Did you contact the last finder and ask if they added it and why?

That would be the first thing to do rather than just edit the box and get rid of it.

I see it... do 'maintenance' on your box by logging a 'find'. You can remove it there I believe

To get rid of it, you can Record Checkup then un-click the Maintenance is needed box.

I'm guessing the person who just found it added the First-Aid thing. I agree with MissMoon that you should contact them. I found that box myself in March. I don't recall anything being wrong with it. It was a great box to find with my noxer, birder husband because while I was getting the box, he was being entertained by a meadowlark in the field.

Thank you all for the sweet remarks and messages sent! I still enjoy this great hobby that Road Junkies shared with me many years ago:).

When stamping up in your logbook, what information do you add with the image?

I don’t stamp into a traditional logbook, instead I stamp on plain, white card stock. After I stamp up, I put the printed clue and box info on top of the sheet of cardstock (or sheets of it’s a series that takes more than one piece of paper) so that I can type and print it on the cardstock later. Then I can add that to the pages when I scrapbook them.

I really don't care if people want to count or track stamps--it's the incorrect listings that cause confusion and problems.

It messes up counts, upsets people when their find counts change because the incorrect listings are deleted, or it'll upset people who don't think stamps should be listed, and it just causes angst and problems.

AQ had been intended to list boxes, though, and not stamps, so that's what I always enforced, and it's been a pain in the tush. And there's not really any reason to list them. If it's not a pathological need to list stamps, I'm not sure what it is.

AQ had always been about listing boxes since day 1. It wasn't controversial back then. It wasn't something I surprised everyone with. It's just been a long-simmering problem and it's my hope and wish this update will fix the problem once and for all--giving people a place to actually list stamps. An official way to track stamps. I hope it scratches that itch those people have.

-- Ryan

This works great. I just edited one of my Postal Boxes that is currently in circulation. There are 3 stamps in the box/envelope and they make one image. I originally listed the box with one stamp and added info in the clue indicating the 3 stamp sequence.

Adding the two additional stamps in the listing did not affect my P-count which is the way it should be imho. I don't usually have more than one stamp in a box, but it is becoming more and more common in the postal cohort.

LTCs and Postcards often have more than one stamp image--so there's that also.

I add all info. Name of LB, number listing, location. Owner, date found.
LBNA if it’s not AQ. Special note if needed.

I also add the letterboxer's membership number. There was someone that I wanted to look back up a while back and I typed in her name and it took some searching to find that person again due to a name change.

Usually I just stamp the image(s) in the field. On a rainy day when I don't feel like carving I go back over my logbooks and relive that day in the field. I'll take the time then to add the date and location and anything else I feel is relevent.

Box name, date found, date planted, planter name + carver if different, location (can be as little as city, state, or as detailed as milepost, overlook name, park, city, state). I'll add notes if there's something especially noteworthy about the find, the condition, the day, the location, something that happened, etc. All of this in a small spiral bound sketch book, one stamp to a page unless it's a series.

I add the carver's name. If a stamp is outstanding, I seek out more of those boxes. MJH

Thanks for asking your question! I didn't know how to find them either, MJH

thanks for that idea!

At the end of the Letterbox book, it says there is a sequel. I wanted to obtain the book - but after much research I found that it was never completed. MJH

In addition to basic name/location/planter/carver info, I include the trail names of other ‘boxers if I’m out with others (both planting and finding) and any fun notes if there’s something particularly interesting about the box/situation (e.g. if it’s the oldest box I’ve found [to date], if I’m the first finder or the first finder in a significant amount of time, if I’ve made failed attempts on the box before, etc.)

I have a personal journal, so I write about my letterboxing experiences in there, and while I’ve thought about doing more of that in the logbook with the stamp image, I like just having the simple logbook.