drawer · the writing desk, second down, lined with newsprint
u.s.s.r.

3 ka
3
prussia


15
ceylon


½
east germ.


20
siam


1
austria-hung.


5
rhodesia


2
yugoslav.


10

drawer · stamps from countries no longer named that

stamps

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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