Stamps today serve multiple purposes, and the one that I will focus on throughout this blog, is the significance of the stamp. This means I will address either the context in which the stamp was issued, or the stamp designer, or symbolism of the stamp and so on. I will cover a wide range of geographical regions as well as thematic topics. Thus in turn this will allow me and you to learn along the way about various countries and topics.
I started collecting stamps after receiving my grandfathers stamps collection. I've received this collection a few years ago, however, it just sat in my room, and for some reason I continued to collect stamps throughout the years. I did not really go through the stamps properly until recently, in which I started to clean some of the stamps and sort them into order by country. It was then through the process of cleaning and sorting that I became curious about these stamps, and what kind of message they were conveying to people all over the world. Some stamps have designs/writings that are quite obvious in the first instance; however, others require a bit of reading and research to learn about the message of the stamp, which I find really intriguing, how a tiny piece of paper can say so much!
This is an image of the stamps after cleaning, some have been sorted, but as you can see the majority are yet to be sorted into their respective countries. However, before I do so, I aim to have at least most of the countries covered through this blog; granted there may be some repetition, but I'll try my best to cover the 195 "stamps of the world" as promised by the title of the blog!
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