COLLECTING FOR BEGINNERS

tamp collectors are rarely portrayed in popular culture as winners. But the third series of television hit tells the tale of twin brothers, who are given an inheritance after the sudden death of their father. He leaves behind two items: a red corvette and a set of stamps. Emmett, the more charming brother, convinces his more awkward twin, Ray, to take the car. After all, they’re teenage boys – which item will be the bigger hit with the ladies? Fast forward twenty years and Ray is now living in semi-poverty driving a rust-bucket anachronism. Emmett has sold the