A good neighbor was kind enough to spark my imagination to the world of hobbies. So why not me also take up one. In the mind of a 11 year old collecting stamps sure sounded amazing. As we all probably have read in school - "Autobiography of a Shoe" when you read this for the first time it makes you think if the shoe had a mind what are the stories it would tell. For me Stamps - if they had a mind what travel tales would it weave. My particular interest was for used stamps. This has history, this has charm, in a way that would keep my mind busy for hours.
Trips to the post office would keep me occupied for the weekend. Then my loving father who was away in Kuwait would always consider his eldest and her interest in stamps when posting letters, he would always select a different one every time he would post me a letter. Pen pals also became a source to exchange and increase my variety and collection.
In 1993 the internet had not reached my household or maybe it did, cannot quite remember. But I did not use that to research on the stamps I collected. Trips to the local Library would help me there. I would then read all I could about Philately and its value and history.
To this day I still cannot remember if the first stamp I pinned was India or Kuwait. Having had this hobby for 20 years only proves that in reality times change but my passion for the perforated edged paper will stay forever.
Trips to the post office would keep me occupied for the weekend. Then my loving father who was away in Kuwait would always consider his eldest and her interest in stamps when posting letters, he would always select a different one every time he would post me a letter. Pen pals also became a source to exchange and increase my variety and collection.
In 1993 the internet had not reached my household or maybe it did, cannot quite remember. But I did not use that to research on the stamps I collected. Trips to the local Library would help me there. I would then read all I could about Philately and its value and history.
To this day I still cannot remember if the first stamp I pinned was India or Kuwait. Having had this hobby for 20 years only proves that in reality times change but my passion for the perforated edged paper will stay forever.
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