philately
noun/fɪˈlætəli/
/fɪˈlætəli/
[uncountable] (specialist)- the collection and study of stampsWord Originmid 19th cent.: from French philatélie, from philo- ‘loving’ + Greek ateleia ‘exemption from payment’ (from a- ‘not’ + telos ‘toll, tax’), used to mean a franking mark or postage stamp which exempts the recipient from payment.
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