tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108630126700411599.post8090590639618422700..comments2024-03-13T13:33:58.986+08:00Comments on Blog To Express: Stamps opened his mind to the worldThimbuktuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04495581875211093357noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108630126700411599.post-43166266867960348012009-11-22T17:25:44.165+08:002009-11-22T17:25:44.165+08:00I have blogged about this childhood hobby of mine ...I have blogged about this childhood hobby of mine <a href="http://goodmorningyesterday.blogspot.com/2006/03/my-stamp-collection.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> and <a href="http://goodmorningyesterday.blogspot.com/2006/03/my-stamp-collection-part-2.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Today, there was an article in the Life section of the Sunday Times about Stamp Collecting. The reporter wanted to interview me becos he read my articles and thot that I was an avid stamp collector. I told him I had stopped for years and referred him to Dr Tan Wee Kiat instead. Dr Tan has written several stamp-based children's books. You can read about them <a href="http://retrievia.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow">here</a>.Lam Chun Seehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01762020157703342970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108630126700411599.post-26762051222903619932009-11-22T13:55:44.260+08:002009-11-22T13:55:44.260+08:00Thank you for sharing your joy of stamp-collecting...Thank you for sharing your joy of stamp-collecting, Jo. Great to know that you have inherited the stamp collection from your Dad and keeping this enjoyable hobby alive.<br /><br />SingPost, as well as the international postal authorities, are committed to the long-term survival of the postage stamp markets to ensure that this traditional hobby will not die.<br /><br />So lets hope that the days of a stampless (traditional postage stamps) world is just an idea in the air; that people everywhere will continue to enjoy the educational hobby of stamp collecting for a long time.Thimbuktuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04495581875211093357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108630126700411599.post-47581411916684557702009-11-22T13:30:09.263+08:002009-11-22T13:30:09.263+08:00My dad was a stamp collector but sadly, we lost th...My dad was a stamp collector but sadly, we lost them. That was the good old days.<br /> <br />We are in a globally, borderless, computerised world. Everday, we are losing it - our individuality, our identity. So, I was not surprised to hear about a stampless world which rings the same tune as a cashless world.<br /> <br />However, I don't think that a person serving me tea, which allows pleasantries being exchange between people would be the same as robot doing the same service. Stamps are timelines of our lives, in our countries.<br /><br />I take great pleasures in turning the pages of my stamp album, allowing me a walk through the past with my fingers, right into the future. One gets a glimpse of the changing nature of the creators of the stamps and the transition of my country from the colonial days to our present independent nation.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00530594203624259975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108630126700411599.post-44199366814461895332009-11-21T17:03:33.935+08:002009-11-21T17:03:33.935+08:00That's nice, Philip. These are the collection ...That's nice, Philip. These are the collection of sentimental value (i.e the letter, the memories as well as the stamp ;)Thimbuktuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04495581875211093357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108630126700411599.post-76460625739264972482009-11-21T13:15:32.339+08:002009-11-21T13:15:32.339+08:00I was a stamp collector when young. The design of ...I was a stamp collector when young. The design of each stamp tells a story. History could also be traced from the issue date of the stamp. I remember Queen Elizabeth II coronation day in June 1953. I still keep my wife's (girl friend then) letter with the Coronation stamp on the envelope.PChewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01246226278619934355noreply@blogger.com