I find that collecting stamps is a very interesting hobby
Yes me too. It has been super popular since the nineteenth century! I like postal stamps with famous people on them.
How high do prices get when collecting staps?
I don't know specifically, but some are super pricy for their historical value, to birds, to queens, and presidents on the stamps!
Yeah i remember my dad used to love collecting them he had them all over his walls
It's a perfect hobby for collectors! How often did he get new stamps?
every friday he would go out with his friends to trade them 
Neat! I'm guessing he accumulating stamps without worrying about tiny details.  Did he have a favorite type?
Not that i know of he really enjoyed just collecting any type of stamps
Postage stamps of Ireland
The postage stamps of Ireland are issued by the postal operator of the independent Irish state. Ireland was part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland when the world's first postage stamps were issued in 1840. These stamps, and all subsequent British issues, were used in Ireland until the new Irish Government assumed power in 1922. Beginning on 17 February 1922, existing British stamps were overprinted with Irish text to provide some definitives until separate Irish issues became available. Following the overprints, a regular
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Online post offices have emerged to give recipients a means of receiving traditional correspondence mail in a scanned electronic format.
Modern mail Collecting.
Postage stamps are also object of a particular form of collecting. Stamp collecting has been a very popular hobby. In some cases, when demand greatly exceeds supply, their commercial value on this specific market may become enormously greater than face value, even after use. For some postal services the sale of stamps to collectors who will never use them is a significant source of revenue