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PHILATELY:
Philately is the hobby of collecting and sorting stamps, envelopes and other postal documents. Is represented on the stamps of the national or regional history of countries by figures of famous people, monuments, paintings, flora, fauna, postal history, etc.. The word philately is due to French collector G. Herpin, who suggested in an article written for the newspaper Le Poste Stamp Collectionneur in Paris, which was published November 15, 1864. The word is formed from two Greek words: philos, meaning loving, and Atelier, ateles derivative, which means pre-paid or prepaid. More than quantity, is the rarity of copies of the library that gives it value |
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