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) Archived 2009-02-25 at the Wayback Machine
• Royal Philatelic Society London
• Welsh Philatelic Society Archived 2008-05-03 at the Wayback Machine

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 Archived 2009-02-16 at the Wayback Machine

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 Archived 2007-06-29 at the Wayback Machine
• Russia: The Rossica Society of Russian Philately
• South Africa: Thematic Collecting Group in South Africa Archived 2009-02-27 at the Wayback Machine
• 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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