Why we collect stamps

Figured I would share an interesting article I ran across about Stamp collecting written by Ross Taylor:

Collecting stamps (philately)

In this article, he lists 19 good reasons that we collect stamps (some of them can also be applied to other collectibles as well)

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• They are aesthetically pleasing
• They are miniature works of art
• Desire to complete and arrange a set or collection
• National pride, we tend to collect stamps from our own country
• They have historical value, they show our Kings and Queens (or presidents)
• Intellectual stimulation
• Nostalgia, the good old days, memories of when I was young
• Hoarding and sorting instinct
• Sorting stamps to find a valuable one
• They might become valuable one day
• To avoid the wife
• Your Grandad gave you his collection
• I want to be the world expert on the 1d red
• To gloat over my collection
• You enjoy stamps - you have the stamp 'bug'
• You have an attention to detail
• To spend some time during a winter's evening
• You want to do philatelic research
• A financial investment

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