Snail Mails

A carton box full of snail mails accumulated from the late 1960s to late 1990s.

Hundreds (perhaps more than a thousand) of envelops and letters can be packed into a box like this.

Some old envelops bearing interesting postmarks may become collectible postal history, so don't peel off those postage stamps.

Stamp Collecting: Scouts

I'd found my Boy Scout leather belt yesterday after searching for it for the past several days.

So I'd thought of putting together these postage stamps featuring Scouts as a theme for stamp collecting.

Osaka Expo 1970

All miniature sheets don't have serial numbers.

Otherwise it would be fun to collect them in running serial numbers.

Singapore National Monuments 1978

All miniature sheets don't have serial numbers.

Otherwise it would be fun to collect them in running serial numbers.

International Year of the Child 1979

All miniature sheets don't have serial numbers.

Otherwise it would be fun to collect them in running serial numbers.

London 1980 Stamp Exhibition

All miniature sheets don't have serial numbers.

Otherwise it would be fun to collect them in running serial numbers.

Fairy Tales

The little Pharaoh and his princess wife will arrive in Singapore for a visit on September 11.

You wonder how long the fairy tale will last.

Stamp Collecting: Adolf Hitler

The granddaddy of all themes is the theme of Adolf Hitler to round up more than 30 themes of collectible postage stamps that I had selected from my thousands of stamps collected since I was young.

Stamp Collecting: German Third Reich

A collection of postage stamps from the German Third Reich is one of those themes to collect.

These used stamps were given to me by one of my work colleagues some 30 years ago.

Stamp Collecting: Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

I don't have many postage stamps featuring Vladimir Ilyich Lenin.

Suppose you have any Lenin stamp that you don't want, please give it to me.

Stamp Collecting: Stamps From Israel

Throughout my whole life of collecting postage stamps, I'd never bothered to collect postage stamps from Israel.

However, four month ago, an eBay seller from Canada had re-used an envelop (attached with three Israeli stamps) he'd got from Israel to post a few coins to me.

Stamp Collecting: Stamps From Libya

These postage stamps are the only few stamps from Libya in my stamp collection, and they were given to me by a Libyan graduate student in 1985.

There's a raging civil war now in Libya and I am wondering whether or not he has left Libya for his safety.

Stamp Collecting: Vietnam War

Don't forget to add Vietnam War as a theme for your hobby of stamp collecting.

Stamp Collecting: Buddha

Beside Thailand and Japan, I think Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Bhutan, Nepal, Taiwan, China, and Hong Kong might have printed postage stamps depicting Buddha.

Suppose you have any Buddha stamp that you don't want, please give it to me.

Stamp Collecting: Vatican City

I can't recall where did I get this piece of Vatican postage stamp.

Stamp Collecting: Bananas

I can't believe I have nothing more than one postage stamp depicting bananas.

So no country in the world would want to claim itself to be a banana republic.

You see that piece of black Hawid protective strip has enough space for two or three more stamps.

Stamp Collecting: Earth As A Globe

The earth as a globe is often used to feature commemorative global or worldwide events on postage stamps.

Stamp Collecting: Timber Industry

Logging is to the timber industry as log in is to the internet.

Add the theme of timber industry to your hobby of stamp collecting.

Stamp Collecting: Dams

Huge amount of water is used for crop irrigation and hydroelectricity production.

Dams depicted on postage stamps provide an interesting theme for your hobby of stamp collecting.

Stamp Collecting: Bridges

Bridges are a marvel of civil engineering.

You find bridges depicted on many postage stamps and they make a wonderful theme for your hobby of stamp collecting.