Though stamp collecting today is quite different from when I was really active in it (1952-80s), I learned a heck of a lot of geography, history, and about famous art works from it.
The Haitian, Ecuadorian and Mexican stamps (lithograph printing), often featured people and events from their history, as well as joint personalities/flags with the US.
Israeli stamps are great for historical archaeology. The Soviet bloc had lots of good space/aviation stamps (the US space stamps were excellent too, starting with the Goddard stamp, Fort Bliss, and Project Mercury, Apollo, Apollo-Soyuz, Echo balloon satellite, Moon landing/walks, etc.
All of US history can be found on stamps, esp. those in the 1930’s period.
Vatican stamps are just beautiful.
Pacific nation stamps feature exquisite sea creatures and birds. Iceland, Scandinavia countries, and Pacific nations feature fjords, glaciers, volcanoes, coral reefs, etc.
British stamps were full of Queens and Kings, not including those in Parliament and the British Foreign Service (private joke for those who know British history).
Those little pieces of paper are full of knowledge, like mini-encylopedias. Kept a lot of kids off the streets and helped them in school.
Today kids don’t know what a stamp is.
Though stamp collecting today is quite different from when I was really active in it (1952-80s), I learned a heck of a lot of geography, history, and about famous art works from it.
The Haitian, Ecuadorian and Mexican stamps (lithograph printing), often featured people and events from their history, as well as joint personalities/flags with the US.
Israeli stamps are great for historical archaeology. The Soviet bloc had lots of good space/aviation stamps (the US space stamps were excellent too, starting with the Goddard stamp, Fort Bliss, and Project Mercury, Apollo, Apollo-Soyuz, Echo balloon satellite, Moon landing/walks, etc.
All of US history can be found on stamps, esp. those in the 1930’s period.
Vatican stamps are just beautiful.
Pacific nation stamps feature exquisite sea creatures and birds. Iceland, Scandinavia countries, and Pacific nations feature fjords, glaciers, volcanoes, coral reefs, etc.
British stamps were full of Queens and Kings, not including those in Parliament and the British Foreign Service (private joke for those who know British history).
Those little pieces of paper are full of knowledge, like mini-encylopedias. Kept a lot of kids off the streets and helped them in school.
I enjoyed that. Thank you.