learning through stamps

We went to a stamp show today. The best part was the part for the kids. There were over 100,000 stamps on the table just for the kids to collect as they like. Needless to say, we collected a lot. Actually, Prime fell asleep but J collected some and I collected some more. I think I enjoyed it more than my kids. :) But one of our friend was there, and her son, age 7, collected about 8 bags. He LOVED it!! I was so busy collecting that I only took 1 picture before I got taken by collecting stamps. I collected stamps as a child but this is way more fun. All the stamps we collected were donated. Inside the real show, people was selling collective stamps. The best way to learn about stamps is to get a catalog. We learned about the difference in the border, some all 4 edges are toothed, while others only has 3 sides and still others that has only 2 sides toothed which I believe means they came from a roll. Anyway, it was fascinating. I was most interested in collecting foreign stamps, USA states and later I collected famous people who got their face printed on the stamps. :) I could have stayed a lot longer but got other stuff to do and had to tear myself away from the hunt. I think we might join a stamp collecting club or something. J says she is interested in that.

You can click on the picture and it will be more clear.

Are these stamps from England? They all have the queen symbol on them.

These are Middle Eastern and some South America stamps... I think.

These are stamps from Canada, and Mexico. I did not think the queen would be on a lot of Canadian stamps but she is.

These are stamps from Asia... I found China, Taiwan, Japan, Macau, India, etc.

These stamps are from Africa. Lots of South Africa stamps.

These are some of the USA states stamps. I'm missing a whole bunch.

These are from New Zealand. Again, see the queen on some of the stamps.

These are European stamps- I found a lot of German stamps, there also Italian, French stamps, etc. There are also stamps called, "Europa". Are these stamps used by EU countries?

Here are some fun and interesting USA stamps. ( 1 Australia stamp) Not shown here but I also collected are historical events stamps like Boston Tea party, Independence stamps, etc.

I was unable to identify what country these stamps came from.

So many stamps, so many stories. Oh, my! J and Prime also got a big jig saw puzzle for finding certain stamps.

This was all for free. In fact, majority of the events we go to are free. But next week, we might go do some "treasure hunting" (at Good will or garage sales) and see if we can find any treasures. I don't think I ever found anything super great at yard sales nor Good will. But we will try again. Wish us luck.