Philately

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Philately \Phi*lat"e*ly\, n. [Philo- + Gr. 'ate`leia exemption
     from tax; cf. frank to send free.]
     The collection of postage stamps of various issues.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  philately
       n : the collection and study of postage stamps [syn: {stamp
           collecting}, {stamp collection}]