Other than coins, stamps are another area that has attracted a lot of people in terms of collections. Some of the stamps that have been collected are worth millions of dollars based on the story behind them. While stamps were created as a simple means of postage initially, there were other things that they started to mean over time.

The first country that started using the picture of the monarch on the stamps was the Province of Canada. Over time stamps started to be issued every now and then to commemorate a special event. Having a stamp created based on your name was considered to be a big thing.

There is no point in acquiring a whole lot of stamps without putting your head to it and then dumping them on the table. Doing this is only likely to lead to a situation where you chuck the whole idea completely. Stamps should not be bought off the cuff and there should be structured way in which you approach the whole topic. Get a stamp album and decide what kind of stamps you want to collect.

Some people suggest that you get all the information that you can about stamps in general in order to decide the specific kind of collection that you want to create. The choice of the kind of stamps that you want to collect completely depends on you. However, it is recommended that you choose a niche or sub category that is relatively easy to complete in order to get some feeling of achievement as you move along.