tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671536805876663540.post5302467128285115400..comments2023-10-31T20:33:26.817+05:30Comments on Past Continuous: STAMPED ON MY MEMORYSucharita Sarkarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07802171314546508539noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671536805876663540.post-46995294742236925662010-07-20T22:34:29.617+05:302010-07-20T22:34:29.617+05:30Hey I had a stamp collection too... even joined so...Hey I had a stamp collection too... even joined some club which would send me stamps from various countries to collect. I still have them somewhere. <br />N then I began to collect those little rubber covers on the insides of Limca N Gold Spot bottle caps. Some had Disney cartoons on them n then some had caricatures of the Indian Cricket Team on them. Ur piece just took me back to those days when drinking a bottle of Gold-Spot meant so much because I got to add one more to my collection! Wish our kids found pleasure in such little things...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13086566406296485042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671536805876663540.post-36488334763116554842009-12-30T12:56:52.622+05:302009-12-30T12:56:52.622+05:30Stamp collecting is often foisted on children, I t...Stamp collecting is often foisted on children, I think, the way it was foisted on Seana. I suspect that if I resumed the hobby now, as an adult, I'd never manage the detailed work of sorting stamps, of carefully removing them from enevelopes from envelopes and placing them on glassine hinges, because I'd be too busy dreaming idly about the no-longer extant countries that issued the stamps that would interest me most.<br />==============<br /> Detectives Beyond Borders<br />"Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"<br /> <a href="http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/</a>Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671536805876663540.post-28310286151572356572009-12-30T12:56:32.788+05:302009-12-30T12:56:32.788+05:30Stamp collecting is often foisted on children, I t...Stamp collecting is often foisted on children, I think, the way it was foisted on Seana. I suspect that if I resumed the hobby now, as an adult, I'd never manage the detailed work of sorting stamps, of carefully removing them from enevelopes from envelopes and placing them on glassine hinges, because I'd be too busy dreaming idly about the no-longer extant countries that issued the stamps that would interest me most.<br />==============<br /> Detectives Beyond Borders<br />"Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"<br /> <a href="http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/</a>Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671536805876663540.post-90058822686137671692009-12-30T04:13:41.478+05:302009-12-30T04:13:41.478+05:30For quite some time I collected stamps and coins. ...For quite some time I collected stamps and coins. And I have quite a collection I must say. It started with my mom actually, who had this HUGE scrapbook with soooo many stamps in them. I carried on with this hobby in school but now except for Nine West shoes and Charles & Keith bags, I don't quite 'collect' anything else! :DMiss Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09973889004395750987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671536805876663540.post-64366905144695153562009-12-18T12:42:58.837+05:302009-12-18T12:42:58.837+05:30I collected ads. Cut them out from newspapers and ...I collected ads. Cut them out from newspapers and magazines and saved them.Slogan Muruganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13662487161611120966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671536805876663540.post-86588724443832363172009-12-17T03:29:50.176+05:302009-12-17T03:29:50.176+05:30OH my! What didn't I collect? Let's see....OH my! What didn't I collect? Let's see... When I was little, I collected marbles. That one, I can attribute to my brother, because he started the marble collection. I also collected small porcelain animals and dolls of course. When I was a teen, I collected pewter figurines and unicorns. As a young adult, it was angels.... Now, I collect glass paper weights (a tradition carried down the line from my grandmother, to my Mom and now, to me as well). <br /><br />I also like to collect crystal pieces from places we've vacationed (skyline of New York, Golden Gate bridge crystal from California, Bear crystal while we were in Alaska and saw black bears, etc.) <br /><br />I definitely have the "collect this" gene from my Dad. He loves to collect things from very old coins to a massive, HUGE stamp collection!Aletahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05605214202876973830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671536805876663540.post-82693716959832192202009-12-15T10:54:00.000+05:302009-12-15T10:54:00.000+05:30Lovely post.
As a child I used to collect stamps,...Lovely post.<br /><br />As a child I used to collect stamps, match box covers. The stamps collection is still going on so far. But it has now become a expensive hobby. For many it is no longer hobby and has become a means to earn money.Rajeshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10325697671806865458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671536805876663540.post-43043159232400257752009-12-14T14:13:58.244+05:302009-12-14T14:13:58.244+05:30OF course I used to collect stamps - and the best ...OF course I used to collect stamps - and the best part is I still have the huge album with those various stamps from vary many countries! I prize it a lot and keep it safely. Used to collect bust tickets at one point of time - don't know why and not to forget all the Delhi Asiad coins. :)Shaswatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14103324847974335332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671536805876663540.post-82918445344531195082009-12-14T12:04:39.807+05:302009-12-14T12:04:39.807+05:30It was such a famous hobby. Almost everybody had s...It was such a famous hobby. Almost everybody had stamp collecting and coin collecting as a hobby on their resumes ! <br /><br />And i wonder where all those philatelists and numismatists have been ? <br /><br />I had my own album as well. which i plan to hunt down from the attic. Sometime !Kavihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11426040093753611098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671536805876663540.post-87037985242353368572009-12-13T11:55:56.270+05:302009-12-13T11:55:56.270+05:30I have seen old used stamps opposite VT station wi...I have seen old used stamps opposite VT station within the market lane if I remember correctly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671536805876663540.post-76276548449859545192009-12-13T09:07:02.565+05:302009-12-13T09:07:02.565+05:30In my time (one before yours), there was even some...In my time (one before yours), there was even some form of barter/exchange of stamps. And some were greatly guarded and valued and were worth several of some other ordinary ones. I dont remember permanently sticking the stamps in the books though. And pen-friends from foreign countries was very popular at that time, and a great source of stamps too.Ugich Konitarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15901335427613806798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671536805876663540.post-23072483000059484182009-12-13T08:33:30.594+05:302009-12-13T08:33:30.594+05:30It's funny, because stamp collecting was one o...It's funny, because stamp collecting was one of those things foisted upon me by adults. In theory, it seemed interesting, but in practice, tedious. I did have a stamp album as your cousin did, but I don't think I got very far with it. <br /><br />In retrospect, I think stamp collecting 'as it is done' put far too much pressure on my organizationally deficient brain. I liked stamps, I liked the charmed "first day covers", which I don't see much in evidence now, but the arranging and categorizing was very far beyond me, as would still be true now. My aunt, who was always passionate for her nieces to enjoy some of the pleasures of her youth was much behind this idea, and used to send me great stamps from the psychologist's office where she worked. I enjoyed them, but always felt a sort of guilt and pressure around going much beyond just looking at them. <br /><br />In a way, the whole enterprise reminds me a bit of butterfly collecting. Something that has a life and movement gets pinned down into a lifeless inert state.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.com