Talk:Philately
From Academic Kids
I don't know how to salvage this, maybe somebody else can: Stan 19:08 Mar 1, 2003 (UTC)
Stamps by country - Some philatelists prefer to limit their study to the stamps produced by a particular stamp issuing authority, or "country" in its broadest sense of the word. This may refer to defunct, rebel or sub-national groups which felt the need to provide or pretend to provide postal services within their jurisdictions.
Postal stationery - These philatelists study such items as post cards and stamped envelopes used to facilitate postal service without the need to affix a gummed stamp to an envelope.
Philately in fiction and art - These people like to study the influence of philately in other areas such as the following:
- Novels
- Plays
- Poetry
- Jig-saw puzzles about stamps
- Stamps on neckties
- The above has been revised, and now should be more satisfactory. Eclecticology 18:46 Mar 2, 2003 (UTC)
- OK, "postal stationery" I can see, but "by country" and "fiction and art" categories I've never heard of before, and I don't have any literature discussing either of these as such. I suppose they could go in, but is there a reference work to go with? (Williams has nothing.) Stan 20:10 Mar 2, 2003 (UTC)
I uploaded an image which may be of use 
, it's a bit crooked, but I can't figure out how to fix it. I put it at Music of Trinidad and Tobago but someone may find it useful in a stamp-related page. Tuf-Kat 23:37, Jan 14, 2004 (UTC)
"Timbrophily" vs "Timbrophilia"
I rechecked Williams, and it's definitely "timbrophily" that was the proposed term. "Timbrophilia" might be a generalized affection for stamps, but we shouldn't mention it unless it's been documented as a past or present synonym of "philately". Stan 13:22, 2 Oct 2004 (UTC)
