Philately

Philately is the study and collection of postage stamps and postal history.

 Types of Philately 

 Thematic philately, also known as topical philately, is the study of art shown on stamps. This can be pictures of many things on a stamp, like people, animals, boats, insects, and vehicles. Interesting parts of thematic philately also include mistakes in the art of a stamp. For example, the removal of cigarettes from United States stamps.
 Postal history studies the history of how mail and stamps were processed. This relates to post offices, postmarks, and how mail is taken from place to place.
 Aerophilately studies airmail (mail that travels on planes).
 Astrophilately studies stamps that are related to outer space, and objects like the Moon.

 Organizations 
In the United Kingdom
 National Philatelic Society UK
 Philatelic Traders Society (London) 
 Royal Philatelic Society London
 Welsh Philatelic Society 

In the United States
 American First Day Cover Society
 American Philatelic Society
 American Revenue Association
 American Topical Association
 National Postal Museum (USA)
 Precancel Stamp Society
  Old World Archaeological Study Unit 

Other places
 Académie Européenne de Philatélie
 Fédération Internationale de Philatélie
 Scouts on Stamps Society International
 GEOPHILA Association of collectors of stamp territories around the world
 Wreck & Crash Mail Society
 Europe: Small European Postal Administration Cooperation
 Argentina: Féderación Argentina de Entidades Filatélicas
 Australia: Australian Philatelic Federation
 Canada: British North American Philatelic Society
 Cyprus: Cyprus Philatelic Society
 India: Indian Postal Service
 New Zealand: Royal Philatelic Society of New Zealand Inc 
 Russia: The Rossica Society of Russian Philately
 South Africa: Thematic Collecting Group in South Africa 
 Ukraine: Odessa City Collectors' Society

 Related pages 
 All-Russian Society of Philatelists
 Organisation of the Commissioner for Philately and Scripophily
 Philatelic International
 Soviet Philatelic Association
 Stamp collector
 Soviet Philatelist

Other websites




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