I love collecting stamps! It is actually one of the worlds most popular hobbies! 
You collect them by travelling or buying them?
I collect them by travelling. Hong Kong is a great place to collect stamps because it is such a common practice among retail outlets there! 
I collect coins. I assume stamps are pretty cheap.
That is pretty cool! Yeah I collect stamps because it is pretty cheap and it is fun to look at all the different types of photos on them, plus there is a never ending stream of new stamps
How many stamps do you have, and how do you store it?
depicted on them, ranging from ships, horses, and birds to kings, queens and presidents.
Sales of postage stamps are an important source of income for some countries whose stamp issues may exceed their postal needs, but have designs that appeal to many stamp collectors.
History.
It has been suggested that John Bourke, Receiver General of Stamp Dues in Ireland, was the first collector. In 1774 he assembled a book of the existing embossed revenue stamps, ranging in value from 6 pounds to half a penny
not as if he said, "I must collect stamps so I, Paul, can obtain pleasure". Collecting stamps is not just a means toward pleasure. He simply likes collecting stamps, therefore (indirectly) acquiring pleasure.
This paradox is often reversed to illustrate that pleasure and happiness cannot be reverse-engineered. If for example you heard that collecting stamps was very pleasurable, and began a stamp collection as a means towards this happiness, it would inevitably be in vain. To achieve happiness, you must