Who the hell collects stamps anyway?
Well, I do for
one. Stamps to me, is a little perforated fragment of history, that is
not only a little piece of art in itself, but also provides insights into
culture(ways of seeing things). Pretty little unobtrusive things that
serves as a subtle reminder that there is more to life than being an
'employee'. I place these little reminders all around my home - gold
records, toys, music instruments(have a drumset, a fender guitar, a keyboard,
didgeridoo, violin, tabla, flute), art pieces, etc,....and stamps too.
Unlike the telly, and other forms of visually and aurally epileptic media that doesn't give one much time to think,
these things allow you some semblance of control over what you view due to its
largely sedentary nature ,and feeds on and enhances the reflective aspect of the human persona.
Well, i love the stamps here in the UK. Here are some of my
latest purchases I made online (yesterday). And the best part about it is
that they do international deliveries as well. I thought of bringing it
over to singapore to sell
it, but knowing the singapore
of today, generally, if it ain't 'singaporean'/chinese/lauded by the american
media, then they're not going to go for it. Never mind, allowing singapore
to underdevelop my persona was something I never countenanced.
I remember back in the 80s, my very good friend - Yeo Hong Ho - and myself used to
meet up on Saturdays evenings after we booked out of our camps (military).
He would pop by to my place on his motobike half and hour too early, and fuss over my coming down late when I come down on time. Anyway, we would go downtown to 'see girls', chat, have dinner whilst watching a chinese
movie in a cheap coffeeshop, and then check out stamps and other strange
trinkets in nearby shops. Two decades later, he still drops by to see me about once a
month, and every now and then, he would bring down his stamp/coin collection, USSR badges,
picture cards, and other trinkets, and we'll pore over it. More aesthetically fruitful a
pastime than PSP-ing all the time I think. Well, I got him the set above. Sure he'll like it when I give it to him when I get
back next week (for a while).
If you want to check out other stamps in the UK, or buy them, you can go to -
http://www.royalmail.com/portal/stamps/home.
Some of those that I purchased....i especially like the 'cathedral' series :
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Thanks for the offer Horia. Will definitely keep it in mind. You got me blushing with your kindness:) Same applies to you too Horia, and Dee of course. I mean it.
I used to collect used stamps when I was younger Dee - as a child and teen. I sort of dropped it all since my early 20s as i ventured into other things - and my stamp books have been gathering dust ever since. My father gave me a collection of old singapore first day covers, wartime currency which he collected when he was younger not too long ago and that is part of my prized collection. Don't collect singapore stamps anymore though - think you can guess why;) But have picked up stamp-collecting again - ever since my return to the UK. I collect them all - used or new ones.
I tend to go for those which are simply pretty (like the insects one), superbly artistic ones (like the cathedral collection...yummy!), historical ones (like York and Lancaster), and commemorative ones (like 'wembley'). They all appeal to the different aspects of my sense of 'value' I suppose. My favourite is a set of Sherlock Holmes(of whom i've been a devout fan of since my teens) stamps depicting 4 or 5 stories which i bought here in the UK in the late 80s. Thanks for asking Dee.
ed:)
I never really was a stamp kid, but I just love exploring it in details. It will take definitely take minutes!
Malaysia's design are pretty cool too. I saw their new theme.. Kinda cool. You know those local stories like, "The Tortoise and the Hare" Bla bla bla.. (Malay got so many such stories) And yah, they made that their new collection. Cool right! Sooo unique!