reader collection showcase: an anthropologist’s stamps
Here’s a collectible, decor-friendly item we haven’t thought about in a long time: stamps! “I’m an anthropologist by day, and I’ve found a lot of world stamps that reflect many countries’ historic and prehistoric past,” writes reader Melissa. “I eat this stuff up!”
“I mount them into a shadow box so I can hang them all together. I hang them up using a combination these double-sided putty things called Zots and use pins for extra support.” See more of Melissa’s collection after the jump.
“An Ethiopian stamp celebrating the Lucy fossil.”
“Dinosaurs and hominids together! From Democratic Republic of the Congo.”
“I have stamps from Korea, the Congo, Ethiopia, Germany, Great Britain, Honduras, Republic of Tartarstan, Norway, Iceland, the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Uruguay, Kenya, and South Africa,” Melissa says. “It’s a great conversation starter and a colorful and interesting wall decoration.”
We could definitely see a shadowbox of those stamps on top of a mantel or as part of an interesting shelf or desktop tableau. Thanks, Melissa, for reminding us that there’s beauty to be found in even the little things.
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