"It's different when you hold a handwritten letter from your mother, compared to just receiving a text," Chirakiti said. "Stamps, in a way, serve as ambassadors — they tell stories." For ...

A 100-metre length of it nicknamed "Chop Alley" has been the home of Chinese stone seal makers since the 1930s. Today, more than a dozen stalls specialising in stamps still line the alley ...