A hobby is something that we do in leisure for the sake of pleasure. Different persons have different hobbies. My favourite hobby is stamp-collecting. I like to collect postage stamps from different countries.
I took up this hobby only two years ago. I have collected stamps from fifty countries. I keep the stamps neatly in an album. I have a fair collection of the stamps of my country. I have collected some stamps from many countries in Asia, Europe, and North America. I have also some stamps from Australia, I do not have stamps from many countries in Africa and South America. But I hope to add some of them to my collection.
I collect stamps from three sources. First, I exchange stamps with my friends. Secondly. I buy some stamps from a philatelic store. Thirdly, my father brings some stamps. He works in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Now I am thinking of another source. I am trying to have some pen-pals in other countries. When I have some foreign friends, I shall exchange stamps with them. In this way, I shall have stamps from many countries.
Stamp-collecting is an instructive hobby. We learn something about other countries from stamps. They tell us something about great persons, important places and peculiar animals. When we see a picture on a stamp, we like to know what it is about. We read a book about the country and know something about its history and geography. I have obtained a lot of information from stamps.
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