Thematic Collecting

Stamps

When you are serious about stamp collecting you collect stamps of a particular country. You become a specialized collector. However, there is a popular way of collecting stamps, that is, to collect stamps of the same theme. When I was interested in stamp collecting I somehow had a fond liking for stamps with a sports theme. Stamps issued to commemorate Olympic Games were my favourite. Most of the pages in my albums were stamps about Olympic Games. You can take a look at the picture. These stamps were issued by the Hungary Postal Department to commemorate the 1956 Olympic Games held in Melbourne, Australia.

Thematic collecting can be anything from animals to zoos, from music to musical instruments, from fruit to fish, from butterflies to plants. Just collect those stamps with the theme that interests you. You can then build up a large collection of stamps on, say, flowers. You will also build up vest knowledge of flowers including their scientific names. It's fun. It's educational and it's a great hobby.