Collecting Stamps
Trace borders, history, and tiny artwork across a lifetime of stamps.
~$87Cost to start
EasyDifficulty
30–60 minTime / session
Is it you?
Nobody has scored this against your answers yet. 30–60 min at a time, $87 to find out whether it sticks.
SpaceSmall corner
The path13 quests
ASetting up2 things to sort, in any order$28
- Get tongs and somewhere to put them
- Pick one country or one theme
Then the quests
- Soak stamps off their envelopes
- Start a themed collection
- Sort and mount your first stamps
Same shape of evening, different thing to hold at the end. Or follow a tag sideways.
Collect postcards and the small histories printed on their backs.
Collect old maps and the vanished worlds they drew.
Vexillology$16
The study and design of flags: why they look the way they do, and how to design a great one.
Hold history in your palm and chase the coins that tell its story.