Stamps are beautiful and interesting. Collecting stamps is not just an interesting hobby but is also an exciting way to learn about geography, history, culture of different countries.
Anyone interested in stamps can become a stamp collector. By the following ways you can start off.
- First, decide what kind of stamps you want to collect. You may want to collect stamps of a particular country, or of one colour, or even stamps of various shapes and sizes. Some go for a history collection. Another possibility is to have all stamps related to topics such as sports, animals, birds etc.
- The next step, of course, is to acquire your required stamps this can be done in various ways. Friends who are themselves collector. Could get you started by giving you duplicate stamps. You could also get stamps from your mail or buy them from a stamp dealer.
- Once you have acquired the stamps, you need to sort them. You could arrange them according to the country origin, year of issue or any another way you want.
- You are now ready to mount your stamps in stamp album. Get the best album you can afford that has a room for large stamp collection.
Ever since modern postage stamps originated in 1800s, almost every subject we can name has been captured on stamps that has increased the joy and excitement of collection
There is one important thing to remember, though. Stamps are rare or unusual to have and some carry greater value than any other. You could become rich if you own one of them.
Vocabulary
Odd—unusual
Mail—letters or parcels
Captured—recorded (here)
Rare—uncommon
