Childhood hobbies.

Before the days of Ipads and Netflix, most kids had a hobby to occupy their spae time. Popular ones were writing to pen pals, reading novels, starting up a butterfly collection, sewing, taking music lessons, opening up a scrapbook, or collecting coins and stamps from different parts of the world (it was always a childhood dream of mine to come across a rare coin or stamp and sell it for millions of dollars ).
Stamp collecting is still a popular pastime with an interesting history.
Unlike the majority of the British colonies, Trinidad never used British stamps. The first was the Lady McLeod issue, produced by a local shipping company in 1847. After Trinidad set up a Postal Administration in 1851, the first Trinidad issued stamp was introduced using the ‘Britannia’ design. These were printed in a variety of colours. Tobago brought out its own issue in 1879. When the two administrations were joined in 1913, all stamps were then printed ‘Trinidad and Tobago'.
Some used Trinidad and Tobago stamps are surprisingly difficult to find, especially the small group of half penny stamps with overprints on them. These stamps can fetch up to US $2,000 each. By comparison, however, the most valuable and famous stamp in the world is from our Caricom neighbour, Guyana (or British Guiana as it was once called). The British Guiana 1c magenta sold for a whopping US $9,480,000. It was initially issued in limited numbers, and only one is known to exist in the world today. It is considered to be the most expensive item, by weight and size, ever sold in history.  (Source: Angelo Bissessarsingh's Virtual Museum of Trinidad and Tobago, June 27, 2023 - Michael Baiz) 
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