Philately

This very pleasing set of three Cambodian stamps was sent to me by my American pen pal Andrew Crenshaw. Andrew is a computer graphic artist from New Jersey and we have been exchanging stamps and writing to each other for nearly ten years now. He has a special interest in Indochinese philatelic items, especially in military mail. He is part of a group of specialists in that collecting area called Imnaha Stamps.

Andrew has sent me a lot of stamps, including mint examples such as the above which I’d be hard put to find and buy in Sri Lanka. Thanks a lot, Andrew, for sharing this great hobby with me!

My advice to stamp collectors in Sri Lanka – find a pen pal, widen your horizons, and share what you have on the Web. Let others see what you have at least this way because exhibitions and clubs are hard to come by in this country.