My Collecting Journey 008

Stanley Gibbons had been the most impressive amongst them all. Embossed in my young mind was the highly presentable postal history - each meticulously housed in a fitting plastic cover. Even a tardy item looked fresher under the glimmer.

”Look there”, instructed Mr Lim as he figured out my interest. Sitting neatly in metal cases, most items were obviously far out of my budget - I still tried hard to appear interested by sieving through every piece of postal history!