Did you collect stamps when you were little?
I had quite the collecting thing going on.
A Japanese pen-friend and an Aunt who lived in Germany meant the collection was a little skewed in favour of these countries, but all in all, quite a varied little album.
After all, mail was quite popular back then, and mail meant stamps.
Not a prepaid envelope or a franking machine, or an inbox.
I think all was going quite well with my little collection until I realised that stamp collecting was
so not cool, and was quite possibly harming any little chance I had of hanging with the in crowd, let alone meeting a boy.
I gave it up overnight.
Now I look at those stamps in a whole different light.
They really are miniature works of art, and a snap shot of world events at the time.
And you could post a letter for 2 cents!
The colours and imagery are often too lovely to be glued in to a seldom looked at album.
I find myself plotting other ways to use them.
When it came to this collage image the old collector in me came out though.
I made sure I only used my double-up or reject stamps, which were still filed in their 'swap' envelopes!
My sister always did say I was a nerd!
Amanda xx
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Hi Amanda,
ReplyDeleteWell, I still have my stamp album and I also have my dad's, who was 91 when he died so, I have some pretty good specimens. I really should get it valued .... after all, there could be one that's worth millions !! I should be so lucky. !! I was obviously a bit of a nerd when I was about 10.....I soon grew out of it !! haha XXXX
But what a very clever and creative nerd! No stamps here but I did buy the book collection of stamps from the years the kids were born. Must dust those off or hand them on :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely collage. I used to collect them too, a fellow nerd, and I notice now that some countries will allow you to upload a picture and make your own stamps - how about a Small Acorns stamp?
ReplyDeleteOh yes, I was a child stamp collector, thanks to mum who would buy my sister and I the pretty new releases as well as old stamps. They really are mini works of art. And yes, I was a daggy child. Still am really :)
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I LOVE stamp collecting! I've got heaps of stamps and at least once a yr I get my stamp album out and stare at all the pretty little pieces of art. I've got that 3c NZ stamp with the flowers on it you've got on the right hand side. I love this collage, I'll have to think of doing something like that with my extras too.
ReplyDeleteJxx
Hey miss.A -we love a nerdy tendency in this house- hence our giant rock collection!!
ReplyDeleteI was never a stamp collector- but i am forever sending stamps back home to friends who's kids want them for school!
I love that it *may* be coming back in vogue ;)
You're still cool!
Melissa xx
I wish I had collected stamps, they would be lovely to look at now and I suppose, cement the fact that I was a nerd as well!! ;-D
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Jane
Oh. Let me join the club. I collected stamps too. Nerd with a capital N. I'm sure my Mum still has my album somewhere. xx
ReplyDeleteYes...I did collect and my collection is just waiting for me to do something with it....what fun...hugs to you sweet one.
ReplyDeleteWell I think this is a very good example of the 'Nerd' having the last laugh. Ongoing pleasure created from past collections is a special bonus.
ReplyDeleteI used to always want to collect stamps when I was little, but never had the patience for. It's something I'd even like to do now. I'm totally nerdy too :-)
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