If Stamps Could Talk
If stamps could talk,
What stories they could tell,
Of places they have seen,
Of messages delivered,
Of countries they welcomed into the world,
Of countries fare-welled.
If stamps could talk,
What stories they could tell,
Of letters lost and letters found,
Of being trapped behind furniture for decades,
Of being stamps of Royal importance,
Of being forged outside the Royal mint.
If stamps could talk,
What stories they could tell,
Of being kept locked up in albums,
Of being auctioned off,
Of the birth of airmail,
Of scandals and love stories.
If stamps could talk,
What stories they could tell,
Of mail fraud,
Of heroes and villains
Of secret meetings,
Of peoples thoughts on the meaning of life.
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