2. Its craziness and popularity

In 1841, a lady (name unknown) advertised in a London newspaper seeking for used stamps. She wanted to paper her bedroom with stamps. She had a collection of about 16,000 stamps, but wanted to complete her project. She is considered to be world’s first stamp collector. The interest spread rapidly and everywhere men and women began hunting for used stamps of different countries. People of all ages and profession have been enchanted by stamps. Thus it is also called “the hobby of kids and kings”. King George V of England, King Fuad of Egypt, Queen Marie of Rumania and American president Franklin.D.Roosevelt were stamp collectors.

There are instances where people are murdered for stamps!