We took a survey of the number of children with Philatelic collection. We were amazed to see a lot of children with genuine interest in the field. We decided to form a club in our own school giving the same name as that of our project Club Philately. The pie-chart based on our findings is shown here. More than a hundred children have collection of stamp alone in our school.
Display
We have a collection of the newspaper, magazine articles, philatelic news letters, brochures, posters, calendars and postcards .We decided to display our collection - a good learning resource for others to see, read appreciate and enjoy. We are glad that we got a positive response from our schoolmates.
Class Exhibition
This was a miniature exhibition, organized only for our class mates. Everyone with an interest was made to display their collection. This helped us to organize an exhibition later that month at our school level in a better way. Our class mate showing the world's first postage stamp-Penny Black worth U.S$3000(seen in the picture). The Penny Black, the world's first adhesive postage stamp of a public postal system, was issued by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on 1 May 1840, for use from 6 May of that year.
Learning by doing
The class taken by the teacher philatelist of our school was very resourceful. A few useful tips while collecting stamps are-
- Handle the stamps with care.
- Never paste stamps on any surface.
- Collect the items based on a theme.
- Exchange the stamps to enrich your collection.
Thematic collection on cars (seen in the picture).
Creativity
Collage work done with thematic stamps. Theme-wild animals (seen in the picture).
The collection of these items must not be just be for accumulation. Stamps are considered to be the keyhole to the world. These stamps tell a lot about a country it belongs to.
Design a stamp competition. Every year this competition is organized for school children at different venue by the Department of Post on 14th Nov- Children's day.
Ways to collect stamps
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Collect it from the letters you receive
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Collect it from friends ,family members, relatives, neighbors.
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Enroll in Philatelic Bureau.
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Exchange with your friends and relatives.
- Buy it from an exhibition.
You can find useful tips by following this link-
Welcome to the Indiapost Web Site
- A hand lens to observe the stamps.
- Tongs to handle stamps.
- Hinges to fix it to the sheet.
- Stock books to preserve the stamps.
- Graph sheets used to display in an exhibition..
To see a video on stamp display Click Here