Stamp collecting

postmark on a cover, postal card or stamped envelope franked on the first day the issue is authorized for use

collecting of postage stamps and related objects

book for storing a collection of postage stamps

catalog of postage stamps

thumb|Printed glassine envelope for the photographer Arthur Weston, thumb|right|Glassine envelope

Colnect Collectors Club Community is a website containing wiki-like collectables catalogs. It allows collectors to manage their personal collection using these catalogs and automatically match their swap/wish-lists with those of other collectors. Colnect provides a marketplace dedicated to buying and selling collectibles. Colnect's phone cards catalog is the biggest in the world.

small, rectangular piece of paper used to affix a stamp onto an album page

a philatelic tool used to measure perforations

250px|thumb|Overprinted Iranian banknote with the seal of the Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, which was printed after the [[1979 revolution in Iran]] thumb|right|An 1897 Chinese Red Revenue stamp overprinted with small "one dollar" characters was sold for HK$ 6.9 million in 2013. thumb|right|Postage stamps and postal history of France|France, 1929: Commemorative overprint for the Philatelic Exposition in [[Le Havre]]

the collecting of postage stamps relating to a particular subject or concept

postal marking to deface a stamp and prevent its re-use

permanent or temporary public presentation of postage stamps and other postal history items

company which specialises in the retailing of collectable postage stamps and similar products, founded in 1856

thumb|right|A traditional stockbook with 10 horizontal strips for stamps Stockbooks are storage books used by stamp collectors for storage of postage stamps placed in pockets, on pages, for easy viewing. Other philatelic items, such as plate blocks, miniature sheets, covers, lettersheets, etc., can be stored in stockbooks.

postage stamp with upside-down printing

Philatelic tool