philately

See also: stamp collecting

created by arfarf

(definition) by Webster 1913 (print)

Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:57:50

Phi*lat"e*ly (?), n. [Philo- + Gr. exemption from tax; cf. frank to send free.]

The collection of postage stamps of various issues.

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First Day Cover	Penny Black	Inverted Jenny	stamp collecting
Philogynist	First commemorative US postage stamps	Philatelic Glossary	Philatelic
US philatelic scholarship	Semipostal	Words that sound dirty but really aren't	Error
The Kansas-Nebraska overprint issue of 1929	Bureau of Engraving and Printing	Classes of U.S. mail	international reply coupon
Mourning Becomes Electra	CDS	Ghana	Expertizing
Imperforate	smut	postage stamp	Advertising Cover

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