Stamps
Friday, December 09, 2005
The stamp collector placed a cut-out corner of the envelope on top of the dish of water, being mindful to bend the paper slightly downwards lest it curls up on the water. He watched the paper slowly absorbing the water. Waiting until the edges of the stamp had just started absorbing the water, he gently picked up the cut-out corner with the stamp stuck onto it. Using a pair of tweezers, he lifted the stamp off the paper, millimeter by millimeter, fearing the worst—that his precious stamp would tear or even crease. The stamp curled up in between the grasp of the tweezers in proud freedom from the piece of paper. A triumphant smile spread across the stamp collector’s sweaty nervous face. The most crucial stage was over. Now he just simply had to dry it. He loosened his grip on the tweezers and the stamp promptly slipped onto the table. Wait, something looks wrong. Peering through his thick glasses, the stamp collector noticed, to his dismay, a missing corner of the stamp. He lifted the pair of tweezers in front of his eyes and carefully pushed out a tiny piece of wet paper. The horror of this realization soon hit him hard. He had another failure stamp.
This was inspired on the spot as I lifted my own stamp off a cut-out corner of an envelope. Yes, not many people go into stamp collecting these days but nevertheless, one lesson I picked up from peeling stamps of envelopes is that one needs patience, patience throughout the whole entire painstaking process. well, received many books for my birthday so i've quite a lot to suffice for one yr of reading.
This was inspired on the spot as I lifted my own stamp off a cut-out corner of an envelope. Yes, not many people go into stamp collecting these days but nevertheless, one lesson I picked up from peeling stamps of envelopes is that one needs patience, patience throughout the whole entire painstaking process. well, received many books for my birthday so i've quite a lot to suffice for one yr of reading.
