Stamp Collection

When I was just a kid, my mommy gave me this envelope full of stamps. I actually saw them and asked if I could have them. The stamps were actually my dad's. He would get the stamps from the letters of her grandparents and parents. When I asked him about the stamps he shared that he did have a great collection before including stamps from the early 1900s, but he left it in the house of her girlfriend back then named Heidi. I asked why he didn't get it back and he said "Nakagalit ko eh" and I just laughed!

From then I started to buy stamps from school, since when I was in elementary school, they would annually sell stamps and instead of having the whole class buy the set/sheet, I would just usually buy them. Unfortunately some of those I bought were lost already, these were the only ones that were left.

I don't know if my niece had played with them or I just misplaced them since it was just inserted in the stamp booklet that I have. I was not able to make any addition to my collection as I stepped in high school and it made me realize the years I have wasted. Here are some of my dad's. I actually prefer the used ones since I find the ink markings as stylish details. Most of the are from the Philippines, other countries would include USA, India, Jamaica, United Arab Emirates, Pakistan, Korea, Netherland, Bangladesh, Oman.

Now, I am eager again to collect stamps again and learn more about them. Hopefully I'd be able to add up stamps from different countries as I make my way on traveling around the world! (I really hope and I would, in time! travel to places! I know it!)

Here are some of the stamps I have and I personally love.