Do You Collect Things?
By M Cheung
@Beestring (13306)
Hong Kong
July 28, 2022 8:00am CST
I collect a few things - stamps, coins/notes, pictures.
Stamps - It's not easy to collect stamps now because people seldom send snail mail. But I'm still keeping albums with old and used stamps from a lot of countries. Some of the stamps were from friends living overseas sending snail mail to me. Some were Special Editions I bought from the Post Office. Stamps I treasured the most were those used in the 19/20th century in China. My Dad gave the album to me. When he passed, I was only 11. Didn't ask where he got the stamps.
Coins/Notes - I love to travel. And I keep coins/notes of the countries I visited. I also collect coins/notes of old Hong Kong.
Pictures - I collect pictures of old Hong Kong, in its 40s,50s, and 60s. I bought them in some thrift shops.
I collect things for interest only. But these items may worth some money in the future. lol
Do you collect things?
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@LadyDuck (457918)
• Switzerland
28 Jul 22
@Beestring I love to cook, since I was very young.
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@Beestring (13306)
• Hong Kong
28 Jul 22
That's interesting. You must be a good cook.
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@Danielclark691 (1066)
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28 Jul 22
I collect coins. Usually these are very modern ones, and they are still quite collectible.
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@Beestring (13306)
• Hong Kong
28 Jul 22
Good collection. Do you have a dog or cat?
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@youless (112103)
• Guangzhou, China
28 Jul 22
@Beestring That's OK. They are always on my mind.
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@flapiz (22402)
• United Kingdom
28 Jul 22
@Beestring Yeah I was quite the old school kind of kid. I am still in touch with some of them till now.
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@Beestring (13306)
• Hong Kong
28 Jul 22
@flapiz I lost touch with him long time ago.
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@Beestring (13306)
• Hong Kong
28 Jul 22
I used to have a penpal too. That was very popular in our days.
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@Hannihar (129388)
• Israel
29 Jul 22
@Beestring
I can imagine that you do not get many stamps these days from different places. Sounds like you have a nice collection and memories from your Dad on the stamps and memories on different coins from your travels. You never know if what you collect will be worth something some day. I guess you could say I collect papers from things I needed way back and have not gotten rid of them. Aside from that I do not want a lot around so I do not have to decide if I want to throw it or not.
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@Hannihar (129388)
• Israel
29 Jul 22
@Beestring
That is good that you collect things you are interested in and glad that you still get from friends overseas.
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@Beestring (13306)
• Hong Kong
29 Jul 22
@Hannihar I have quite a lot of friends living overseas.
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@Beestring (13306)
• Hong Kong
29 Jul 22
You are right. I do not get as many stamps these days. But I still have some friends living overseas sending snail mail and greeting cards to me. So I get stamps from time to time. I collect things for interest only, not for investment. Never check the value of my collections.
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@Kandae11 (53679)
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28 Jul 22
@Beestring l collect dolls from other countries and l make Caribbean dolls for the tourist shops. Picture shows my dolls.
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@Beestring (13306)
• Hong Kong
28 Jul 22
Wow, that's interesting. What types of dolls you collect and make?
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@rsa101 (37932)
• Philippines
29 Jul 22
I'm no longer into collecting things. However, my grand aunt used to amass a sizable album of stamps. Given that she arranged them by year and nation, I think she had three volumes of that. My relatives who were stationed abroad would mail letters to her so she could collect the stamps they contained.
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@Beestring (13306)
• Hong Kong
29 Jul 22
I also have friends living overseas sending snail mail to me. So I still get some stamps from time to time.
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@marguicha (215346)
• Chile
28 Jul 22
I used to collect things buy I don´t anymore. The last collection I had were ceramic Piggy banks from all over the world. Two years ago, some burglars entered my house and stole them. Now I keep my money in an old coffee can in the kitchen.
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@Beestring (13306)
• Hong Kong
28 Jul 22
Oh, what a pity your ceramic Piggy banks were stolen by burglars.
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@marguicha (215346)
• Chile
28 Jul 22
@Beestring There are too many robberies now in my country.
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
28 Jul 22
I had been collecting coins since I was 7.
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
29 Jul 22
@Beestring I started with just collecting any coin of different countries and Philippine silver coins, now the collection haa been already upgraded to more valuable historical and ancient coins ,I also got more picky as we mature with stuff we collect.
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@Beestring (13306)
• Hong Kong
29 Jul 22
@louievill You are a professional coins collector now.
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@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
28 Jul 22
I have decks of playing cards from around the US and from a few other countries, like India, Mexico and Canada... They aren't worth much, but I like collecting them. (I have several shoeboxes full of them in my bedroom closet.)
I have different coins from the US past that are collectibles as well as several Silver Certificates and other odd bills... One friend, before he passed away, used to travel all over the world and he would gift coins to me from the places he traveled. (I don't think any of them are worth much, but they have sentimental value to me.)
I have a shoebox filled with collectable envelops from the US Postal Service that are worth money, too.
I have post cards from all the places my daughter and I traveled to on vacation. They are just for memories and probably aren't worth anything.
I like collecting things... I don't know why, though. *shrug*
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@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
28 Jul 22
@Beestring Yeah, it's an eclectic mix... some of it worth money but most of it isn't.
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@Marilynda1225 (79664)
• United States
28 Jul 22
The things you collect are interesting.
My dad used to collect stamps but my mom sold them when he passed away. Since snail mail is being used less and less I wonder if stamps will become extinct at some point.
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@Marilynda1225 (79664)
• United States
28 Jul 22
@Beestring I was always interested in the stamps my dad collected since they were so different and unique. I wish my mom hadn't sold them as it would be nice to look at them now
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@Beestring (13306)
• Hong Kong
28 Jul 22
@Marilynda1225 The stamp album my dad gave me meant a lot to me.
@Beestring (13306)
• Hong Kong
28 Jul 22
There's a possibility. At this moment, Post Office here still issues special edition stamps to commemorate Chinese New year and certain events. It appears that a lot of people are still interested to buy these stamps.
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@JudyEv (325594)
• Rockingham, Australia
31 Jul 22
@Beestring I would like to sell them but postage here now is horrendous. And I worry about them getting broken.
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@Beestring (13306)
• Hong Kong
29 Jul 22
When I was a kid, I remember we also had a few Beswick horses. But somehow lost them.
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@nitirrbb7 (4317)
• India
29 Jul 22
That's a really nice hobby you have and important it got continued from your father's collection.
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@VictorFrankenstein (200)
• United Kingdom
29 Jul 22
I like to collect vintage paperbacks, mostly science fiction, but also series like "The Saint" and "Doc Savage". Apart from enjoying reading the stories, which I do, I also like the 50s and 60s pulp style of cover art. I sometimes buy job lots of books through eBay, keep some to read, and sell on any duplicates or books that don't interest me. In particular, I've managed to build a substantial collection of Ace Science Fiction Doubles (which consisted of two books printed back to back, with two front covers). Plus I've got at least a dozen vintage Saint books, which I'm slowly working through.
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@Beestring (13306)
• Hong Kong
29 Jul 22
That's interesting. I have a collection of Chinese Four Classic Novels. I re-read them every few years.
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@GardenGerty (157546)
• United States
29 Jul 22
I have a lot of things, but no formal collections. Only collection I really enjoy is my mind full of trivial facts.
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@LeaPea2417 (36434)
• Toccoa, Georgia
28 Jul 22
I collect refrigerator magnets and shot glasses from places I have traveled to.
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@Beestring (13306)
• Hong Kong
29 Jul 22
I used to collect refrigerator magnets too. But I stopped somehow.
@Greencindere (669)
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28 Jul 22
I collect money lol. Both coins and paper. Traveling a lot allows me to do this and also my husband has this hobby so now we do it together and I love it.
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