[Shabait] The first time I understood the significance of postage stamps was when I was in Sawa doing my national service. In Sawa, we longed for Sundays, the day's someone chosen from amongst us brought us stamps from the post office in the camp. You had to get on well with the person elected to fetch the stamps lest she refused to sell you stamps pretending to have sold out. What this meant was not being able to send letters to your loved ones. It was back then that I appreciated the importance of the postal servi