A hobby is an activity which is pursued in leisure time, mainly for recreation and replenishing the energy lost through work. There are several hobbies which one may pursue, such as photography, stamp-collecting, gardening, reading, etc. A hobby should be pursued according to one’s nature of work and aptitude.
Certain hobbies such as photography are very expensive. Hobbies like gardening require hard physical work. Reading requires some serious intellectual exercise. My hobby is stamp-collecting. Every country in the modern world issues postal stamps off and on. Stamps are issued to commemorate the birthday of renowned personalities of the nation, to mark some important events and on other occasions.
Stamps are of different colors, designs and sizes. They contain pictures of persons, animals, birds, buildings, plants, hills, mountains, factories, etc. They mention their fiscal value and sometimes dates, months and years. There are several Philately societies concerned with the activity of stamp collecting. I’m a member of one such society known as Indian Philately Society.
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I have about five thousand postage stamps. I have arranged them in different albums according to the countries belonging to different continents. I have also made a list of stamps of different kinds such as scenery, birds, animals, people, buildings, scientific inventions and discoveries, those relating to historical and geographical spheres, etc. I’m proud of my collection of stamps.