Tuesday, November 7, 2006
Are there any stamps around forms of Government? i.e. Parliamentary
democracy, dictatorship, theocracy? Are there any stamps about coups? Or do nations want to erase thse histories... So it doesn't become a choice for the theme of postage stamps? Or coins for that matter? Just wondering...
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Saturday, October 21, 2006
Somtimes people view what you do as a collection.
A friend, for instance, loves taking photographs of any new place that he goes to or any different but interesting picture that he can get. He doesn't have to hesitate because he has a digital camera. As adults, we'd say, photography is his passion. But his daughter calls him a "photo-collector"!
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Tuesday, September 19, 2006
She sells sea shells...
There is such beauty in some of the collections that I come across. But strangely, the collection doesn't seem to have much appreciation in the land in which the material for the collection is available. Is it because it is all too familiar? For instance a collection of shell-work doesn't seem to...
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Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Collecting travel advisories issued by the Brits. revealing!
A friend of mine is collecting travel advisories issued by the Brits. She says it's very revealing about the politics of tourism and in fact about world politics if one analyses the advisories.
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Thursday, August 3, 2006
Just who are the stamps honouring?
Thematic collections or collections that are organised to be able to understand a particular history have always drawn my attention. Sometimes for instance in stamps, just which persons a country decides to honour through its stamps can say a lot.
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Friday, July 7, 2006
Guess what? I came across a man collecting finger-nails.
I don't know how long his collection/obssession will last. I'm amazed at what people can collect. This man insists that finger-nails can speak for the person. I've heard of calligraphy. But is there something called fingernailography. Any answers anyone?
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Saturday, June 3, 2006
Do class and caste determine collections?
Some collections require huge spaces and limit who can indulge in them. Don't they? For example if someone were collecting vintage cars, or household items used in yonder years, or paintings, or artefacts of an age. This means someone who doesn't have the space or the money that this demands cannot...
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Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Sometimes people into collections can get pretty obnoxious in the way they
consider somebody else's collection. The other day, a friend of mine, whose father had left her a legacy of a stamp album with old time stamps of different countries, went to a well-known philatelist here to understand the stamp collection. But he was so dismissive of the collection. and even said...
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Sunday, April 9, 2006
Sometimes I wonder whether there isn't a class bias in collection-making?
If one wants to collect stamps or coins on a particular theme, then one has to invest in the same or have the goodwill of that many that can spare something to augment or add to one's collection. What do you think? So it means that not anyone and everyone can afford collections except if they are of...
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Wednesday, March 15, 2006
What are collections for? Admiration? Hobby? Pastime? to get an underst...
understanding of the place and the times in which these collectibles came about or evolved? The raison for collections - multiple reasons! But this one takes the cake - to gift it to the one you love who will appreciate and honour that collection.
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