funny story

[Disneywed]

*disclaimer for mods * I'm not selling them, just a funny story

An ex-employee was moving & dropped off a " bag of stamp sets" for me. Super-kind? Or designed to make me nuts... jury is out....
What looked like 6 different sets in old clamshell boxes turned out to be this : (AFTER # HOURS OF FIGURING IT OUT?!) I swear it looks like someone dumped 5o stamp sets into a big pile & picked a few here & there, it is bonkers. The names on the boxes weren't even represented by 98% of the bits I found.

Kids at play 1999 5/9
Dreams and dragons 1996 3/17 ( where the heck is the rest??)
gift tag set of six from 2000 3/6
Gentle thoughts 1999 3/4
Button bear 1995 4/17
Cuddles and tickles 1996 2/7
Just for fun 2000 3/8
Snow globe 2002 2/7 ( I have the snow globe though, who would want the other pieces and not the globe??)
Animal valentines 2000 3/6
Nice and easy notes 1996 4/8
so nice 2004 4/9
itty-bitty backgrounds 1997 1/4
sweet and simple 2003 5/8
Festive friends 2000. 3/4
Old-fashioned Christmas 2000 4/6
Perfect party 2001 5/8
Business memos 1998 7/8
Days gone by 2002 6/6 !!!
And the photo below I could not identify probably because I gave up after the three hours it took to do the rest of these SO, HELP??? Guessing I'll donate 90% of them They make me anxious just looking at them, lol. Also, help on id'ing the last few in the photo would be welcomed.

[TexasGrammy]

Most of those approximately 1" stamps were "incentive" stamps that demos could buy to give away at parties or for prizes, etc. Unsure of the "Hello".

[gaylestamps]

I recognize the confetti from Button Bear (1995). The others look familiar but I had no other memory jogs as yet. Keep in mind that SU offered incentive sets to Demonstrators Only for decades; these were to give away as booking gifts and were never in any catalog (only in Demo pamphlets). Typically these were images without words. HTH

[lutheran]

Great story! And a lesson for all stampers not to break up sets!
Mary Beth

[wavejumper]

Omgoodness...I am impressed you figured out most of that!!! I never would have.

That's why in the rare occasion I break a set I label it what it is. I have seen people break up SU sets and sell them as individuals on Ebay. Which worked for me. I often only like one stamp in a set.

It is unfortunate after all that work you won't even keep most of it though.

[leibetty]

how funny!

though I separate sets within my stash, but I haven't yet sold off any that I didn't want out of a set
though one day I might LOL

[PH in VA]

The rocket is from the set Scouts at Play.