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Definition of Stamp collection
1. Noun. A collection of stamps.
2. Noun. The collection and study of postage stamps.
Generic synonyms: Aggregation, Assembling, Collecting, Collection
Specialized synonyms: Aerophilately
Derivative terms: Philatelic, Philatelical, Philatelist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stamp Collection
Literary usage of Stamp collection
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Boy Scouts' Year Book by Boy Scouts of America (1921)
"World's Greatest stamp collection By Kent B. Stiles THE world's greatest stamp
collection is being sold at public auction in Paris. ..."
2. Historical and Topographical Guide to Valley Forge by William Herbert Burk (1912)
"The Lilla S. Pechin American stamp collection. The Mary Elizabeth Schofield
Collection. The Reginald L. Hart Collection of Military Buttons. ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"The and valuable stamp collection in the world, th von Ferrary of Paris, was
begun about 1865. which cost its owner at least £250000, ..."
4. The Connoisseur by George Colman, B. Thornton (1905)
"Our National stamp collection THE Tapling Collection of postage stamps and postal
stationery at the British Museum is a monumental accumulation of ..."
5. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1916)
"... question had come to us had charge of STAMP PAGE, we should answer without
any hesitation, "Who has the largest stamp-collection in the United States? ..."
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