Everyone of us has a hobby. A person who pursues a  hobby

 is never dull or idle. It helps to spend our leisure in meaningful
 and useful manner.

                 There are many different kinds of hobbies. Many take form
of collect coins, picture post cards and sea shells. My hobby is collecting

stamps. It is also called philately. We can learn many things through this

hobby. It is instructive, educational and also profitable.

                  Now I have nearly nine hundred stamps. Both local and foreign.
 I get stamps  from my friends. We can learn about the culture, fauna and flora,
 history, discoveries, inventions and biographies of great men through stamps.

                The rare  and very old stamps can be sold and very high prices.

 There are stamps in various shapes. Some are in square, rectangular and

 triangular shape, some are large and some are small.

               In  postage stamps there are errors, freaks and flows. These  stamps

 are considered rare .Such stamps fetch great prices.

               I also collect first day covers first Day covers are issued on the

day a stamp is newly released. Therefore first day covers are as valuable
as stamps.