Speaking Of Crafts » philately http://www.speakingofcrafts.com Creative Art and Craft Ideas Mon, 16 May 2011 21:36:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Stamp Collecting http://www.speakingofcrafts.com/crafts/173-stamp-collecting/ http://www.speakingofcrafts.com/crafts/173-stamp-collecting/#comments Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:11:11 +0000 Linda http://www.speakingofcrafts.com/?p=173 Contrary to what I had thought, but according to Wikipedia, philately is not stamp collecting, but is the study of stamps. Taking that fact into consideration, someone could be a stamp collector, but not a philatelist. On the other hand, someone might be a philatelist, but not a stamp collector. However, one who has a large extensive stamp collection may desire and need some philatelic knowledge.

It was interesting to me also to learn that some smaller countries create limited runs of elaborate stamps to be bought by stamp collectors. These collectible stamps have become an important source of revenue for these countries.

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