Collecting Stamps

Collecting Stamps is my long term hobby. I have done it since I was 7 years old. There was a lesson about Stamp collecting when I was in grade one. We had to make a small collecting of stamp as our homework and I have been collecting all kinds of stamps ever since. First it was everything, whatever stamps I could find and then in my late teen years I just forgot about the whole thing.

Then one day I just went to this stamp exhibition which was held in library. There was stall from philatelic Bureau which was selling new stamps and also first day cover. This was the first time saw first day covers and a guy there told me all about collecting first day cover. It was not something every stamp collector interested. Kids usually don't collect those because these need to be bought. You won't find these for free unless someone give you. Anyway since then I have started buying first day covers from bureau it self and also from stamp sales.

Now First day covers are my main interest also I collect Sri Lanka stamps and also Ceylon stamps. I do collect stamps of locomotives and other kinds of vehicles and nature related stamps like stamps of birds, butterflies etc. Unfortunately none of my friends into this so I have to do it all alone.

It can be an addictive hobby specially if you start buying stamps and first day covers. I'm trying to collect all first day covers issued in Sri Lanka and it's no easy task unless I'm willing to spend a lot for rare covers. Also I want to collect a full set of Sri Lanka canceled stamps.