philately
noun
the collecting of stamps and other postal matter as a hobby or an investment.
philatelic
-
a word derived from
philately.
Example Sentences
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Linn’s Stamp News, a philatelic weekly, reported this month that a 2010 U.S.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 19, 2023
"This is the first ever stamp, the precursor to all stamps, and unequivocally the most important piece of philatelic history to exist," Henry House, head of Sotheby’s Treasures Sale, said in a statement.
From Reuters ● Oct. 26, 2021
“My personal philatelic interest is crash mail, envelopes salvaged from plane crashes. Definitely morbid but equally fascinating.”
From The Guardian ● Apr. 11, 2020
A note is included with the right-side-up rarities, alerting buyers that they’ve hit a philatelic goldmine.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 21, 2015
Active steps have been taken to form a list of those philatelic pests, "speculative" issues which threaten to bring stamp-collecting into disrepute.
From Harper's Round Table, August 13, 1895 by Various
