Philately & Me !

Welcome to my Philatelic Collection !

I developed deep interest into this exciting world of philately or stamp collection, as known to many around us, from childhood days.It all started with collection of severely cancelled (fine to poor cancelled) used(un-mint) Indian stamps, mostly issued between 1970s to 1980s, from the collections abandoned by my teenage cousins who were more eager to get into adulthood than pursue (as called by them) a childish hobby of Philately.

My fascination grew as I collected stamps from across the globe , ranging from North America, Latin American nations, European and Asian nations , down to Australian continent. Substantial part of my pocket money was spent in buying the old gum type stamp albums, then came the clean and easy to handle albums with transparent strips,where the collector has to only push the stamp without applying any gum.

To begin with, the collection was quite haphazard but gradually I zeroed on to specific styles of stamps, mostly mint types depicting some historical fact of a nation and also collected some odd sized stamps like those issued by Sierra Leone, Bhutan,Congo etc.

Finally I came across the pre-independence stamps issued by British Indian Govt. and the rulers in Princely States of India before independence.And these were the most fascinating stamps for me, since they represented a long history of both unparalled glory and downfall of autocratic rule in Indian Princely States.Over a period of time, I collected rare Indian Princely stamps dating back to 1870s and some issued lately till 1949-50 like those of Travancore State in modern South Indian province of Kerala.Even I could manage to buy a revenue stamp paper used in Jaipur (modern day Rajasthan province) court during 17th century AD.

This blog is aimed to showcase my collection and share my ever growing experience in philately.

Again, welcome to my blog !

Happy collecting :)