Stamp Collecting as a Pastime

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at it lets time slip by unnoticed; as, to turn work into pastime." And recreation is described as "t

pass most agreeably; for the true student of the postal issues of the world, it turns work into a pastime. As a recreation, it is of such an engro

d as one of the most popular of all forms of relaxation, and

of any kind, regards it as a passing fancy, a harmless craze, a fashion that must have its day and disappear, sooner or later. But the passing fancy has endured for near

such international ramifications? In every civilised country, in every city, and in every town of any importance, the wide world over, thoughtful men and women

assing fancy or fashion. It has too long stood the test of years to be so easily explained away. Fancies and fashions come and go, but stamp collecting flourishes from deca

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the studious, an inexhaustible scope for profitable research; to the old, the sociability of a pursuit popular with old and young alike; to the young, a hobby prolific of novelty, and one, moreover, that harmonis

ory and of art; they link the past with the present; they mark the march of empires and the federation of states, the rise and fall of dynasties, and the peaceful e