drawer · stamps from countries no longer named that
kept loose, mostly. some on the envelopes they were stuck to; some peeled, in a small glassine packet. the gum is all gone. the colours, in some cases, are stronger than the colours of the countries are now.
not a collection in the proper sense — only a residue. they outlasted their post. they have outlasted their borders.
field-note: the green half-anna would still be legal somewhere, were any of these places still itself.
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