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Philately

Philately (/fɪˈlætəli/; fih-LAT-ə-lee) is the study of postage stamps and postal history. It also refers to the collection and appreciation of stamps and other philatelic products. While closely associated with stamp collecting and the study of postage, it is possible to be a philatelist without owning any stamps. For instance, the stamps being studied…

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related to Nineteenth century · 23
Philately → Already, American Civil War, As, Denby, Due, Edard, England, However, In, Laplante, Lavie London, Liverson, LS, Mansen, May, Office Department, Paris, Penny Blacks, Scotland, Some
related to Diversification · 22
Philately → Aerophilately, Astrophilately, Christmas Seals, Covers, Easter Seals, Erinnophilia, Examples, Expanding, Interesting, It, Letterlocking, Maximaphily, Maximum Cards, Philatelic, Philatelists, Pony Express, Postal, Revenue, Stamps, Thematic
related to Twentieth century · 19
Philately → Along, Cuba, El, German, Germany, Hans, In, Michel, Postage Stamp Day, Rudolphi, Sciltian's, Scott, Stamp Day, Stanley Gibbons, Switzerland, Tellier, The, Yvert, Zumstein
related to Further reading · 15
Philately → Advanced Philately, An Introduction, Anthony, Electronic, Fundamentals, London, Rowley, Royal Philatelic Society London, Sefi, Stanley Paul, State College, Sutton, The American Philatelic Society, The Stamp Collector's Encyclopaedia, Williams
related to Etymology · 6
Philately → English, French, Georges Herpin, Greek, Herpin, The
related to Twenty-first century · 5
Philately → August, From, September, Singapore, World Stamp Championship
related to Types · 3
Philately → Any, The, Traditional
see also · 3
Philately → List, Study, Type
is a · 2
Philately → study of stamps used to collect taxes or fees on such things as legal documents, study of the technical aspects of stamp production and stamp identification
related to Tools · 2
Philately → If, The

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stamps stamp postage philatelic study postal collection history time collecting first national also countries germany including london used world international

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Philatelyis astudy of the technical aspects of stamp production and stamp identification0.90text
Philatelyis astudy of stamps used to collect taxes or fees on such things as legal documents0.90text
Philatelyrelated to DiversificationExpanding0.60section
Philatelyrelated to DiversificationThematic0.60section
Philatelyrelated to DiversificationThere0.60section
Philatelyrelated to DiversificationStamps0.60section
Philatelyrelated to DiversificationInteresting0.60section
Philatelyrelated to DiversificationUnited States0.60section
Philatelyrelated to DiversificationPostal0.60section
Philatelyrelated to DiversificationIt0.60section
Philatelyrelated to DiversificationPony Express0.60section
Philatelyrelated to DiversificationCovers0.60section

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