Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The collection and study of postage stamps, postmarks, and related materials; stamp collecting.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The fancy for collecting and classifying postage-stamps and revenue-stamps as objects of curiosity; also, the occupation of making such collections.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The collection of postage stamps of various issues.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Stamp collecting . - noun The
study ofpostage stamps ,postal routes,postal history , etc.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the collection and study of postage stamps
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I speak of stamp collecting, more properly known as philately, and it was the American Philatelic Society (APS) that took over a fair amount of space in the Greater Richmond Convention Center and adjacent Richmond Marriott hotel in mid-August to promote the hobby's message.
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This fascination with stamps and the history that surrounds them has led to a hobby related to philately, which is collecting stamps.
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I speak of stamp collecting, more properly known as philately, and it was the American Philatelic Society (APS) that took over a fair amount of space in the Greater Richmond Convention Center and adjacent Richmond Marriott hotel in mid-August to promote the hobby's message.
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These were his most topical and politically/socially-oriented tunes, tamer but still relevant and amusing today, and covering everything from pornography in "Smut" Who needs a hobby like tennis or philately?
Spencer Green: The Enduring Satiric Genius of Tom Lehrer Spencer Green 2011
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Edward Howland Robinson Green was no stranger to numismatics or philately.
CLASSIC RARITIES: Adams-Carter 1804 Class III Silver Dollar : Coin Collecting News 2009
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The group, formed in 1957, consists of 11 members in fields ranging from sports and design to sociology and "philately," or the study of stamps.
Snail Mail: It Takes Awhile to Get This Stamp of Approval Saabira Chaudhuri 2011
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The Postal Service vice president said the characters were chosen to encourage younger generations to take an interest in philately.
Stamps of Approval 2011
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These were his most topical and politically/socially-oriented tunes, tamer but still relevant and amusing today, and covering everything from pornography in "Smut" Who needs a hobby like tennis or philately?
Spencer Green: The Enduring Satiric Genius of Tom Lehrer Spencer Green 2011
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French is justly proud that the opening line of his essay on British cinema and the Post Office – "I don't know much about philately, but I know what I lick" – made it into the Penguin Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Quotations, but his prose is too positivist for the flourish of rhetoric.
I Found it at the Movies: Reflections of a Cinephile by Philip French – review 2011
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It was about stamps and philately, which he loved, but also about Simon Garfield.
sonofgroucho commented on the word philately
This will get you nowhere.
September 15, 2007
uselessness commented on the word philately
On the contrary, you'll have enough postage to ship yourself anywhere!
September 17, 2007
sonofgroucho commented on the word philately
I wonder how many Wordies are or were collectors of other things?
December 12, 2007
reesetee commented on the word philately
Interesting question, SoG. I wouldn't call myself one, and yet I sometimes feel as though I'm likely to stuffocate from all my junk. ;-)
December 12, 2007
bilby commented on the word philately
I collect phrases too.
December 12, 2007
pterodactyl commented on the word philately
SonofGroucho is absolutely right. And therein lies a joke...
This geeky guy sees a beautiful woman at a bar, so he walks over and tries to chat her up. "Hey, baby, wanna come back to my place and look at my stamp collection?"
She raises an eyebrow and says "Philately will get you nowhere."
March 16, 2008
sionnach commented on the word philately
See Collyer.
October 27, 2008
strev commented on the word philately
Pterodactyl– good thing she didn't say, "philate will get you nowhere"
June 23, 2009
oroboros commented on the word philately
Soup to Nutz
March 28, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word philately
Have I told you philately that I love you?
October 12, 2011