Yes, we were in cloud 9 when we visited the Singapore Philatelic Museum  . My children and I are avid postal "junk" collectors. Our growing collection includes used and mint stamps, postcards, first day covers, sets, souvenir /complete sheets, stamp packs, mini-packs and maximum cards worldwide. We have slowed down a bit lately as it takes up a lot of time just organizing them in stock books.

Philately is a great tool in learning history, culture, geography, great people, flora, fauna, science discoveries, sports, arts, music and just about any subject you can think of on any country under the sun.

I started collecting as a child of 9 and my children caught the fever while they were growing up in their early years. They have their own albums and postcard packs. Though we don't have the special stuff most big collectors have, we consider ours a simple treasure we wish to hand down to our next generation. Perhaps... a great addition to a our own family time capsule. And with the email and digital technology taking over the snail mail and culture of handwritten letters, might this be one of the future antiquities that we will leave to the children many years from now? Possibly. And if the postal system gets obsolete, maybe, our small collection might have worth after all.

This is our first trip to a philatelic museum. Although we have been frequenting the philatelic section of the postal offices in Colombo and the Philippines, this one has left us simply amazed... it is just fantastic!

Catch the fever!