I started collecting stamps at the age of nine. I still remember one of the stamps that I obtained from a friend in my early years of stamping was the used copy of 2-dollar Taiwanese stamp issued in 1977 (commemoration of 30th anniversary of constitution). I was amazed by the tiny Chinese characters in the stamps, and tried to used a magnifying glass (for kid) to read the characters because the characters are too small to be visualized by naked eyes. The used 2-dollar stamp have long been gone in my album (I'm not sure if I lost it or I gave it to friend). Many years later, however, I acquired the mint stamp set (I guess through eBay). This 2-dollar stamp reminds me my innocent childhood......... time flies.......