Telling history through tiny squares of paper

Consultant Lynn Tan is currently focusing on collecting stamps and covers from the Panama Canal Zone and has about 50 pieces. Institute of Technical Education lecturer Alan Chong has spent a six-figure sum on his collection, which numbers a few thous
Consultant Lynn Tan is currently focusing on collecting stamps and covers from the Panama Canal Zone and has about 50 pieces. ST PHOTO: ZHANG XUAN
Consultant Lynn Tan is currently focusing on collecting stamps and covers from the Panama Canal Zone and has about 50 pieces. Institute of Technical Education lecturer Alan Chong has spent a six-figure sum on his collection, which numbers a few thous
Institute of Technical Education lecturer Alan Chong has spent a six-figure sum on his collection, which numbers a few thousand pieces. ST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE
Michelle Ng
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Jul 28, 2019, 05:00 AM
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Jul 28, 2019, 05:00 AM
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Once a month, consultant Lynn Tan meets her friends at a coffee shop in Peninsula Shopping Centre to chat about stamps.

The 42-year-old is one of the rare female faces in the stamp-collecting community in Singapore, which consists largely of male collectors. But that did not stop her from joining the Singapore Stamp Club - the oldest such club here established in 1940 - a few years ago to meet fellow hobbyists.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Sunday Times on July 28, 2019, with the headline Telling history through tiny squares of paper. Subscribe

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