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Stamp Collecting!

Philately!

The collection and study of postage stamps, postmarks, and related materials such as embossed postal marks, Inland revenue Issue Stamps First Day Covers and Presentation Packs.

Stamp collecting is a pastime I enjoyed as a boy and during the long Summer break I would spend time sorting through the shoe boxes full of stamps owned by a Polish chap I addressed as Mr Miscowski . His living room was a stamp archive and contained a large fitted cabinet which spanned the whole wall of some 17 feet and reached the ceiling. Every space was filled with shoe boxes full of stamps, catalogues and thick leather bound stamp albums, but mainly shoe boxes overflowing with stamps. He proudly displayed a number of very rare stamps in glass cabinets mounted beautifully on thick rough buff coloured card. Mr Miskowski was certainly an avid stamp collector and he certainly helped me to catch the stamp collecting bug.