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A CHAT ABOUT PHILATELY.
- Source :
- Harper's Young People, June 8, 1880; 1/1/1880, p4-4, 1p, 6 Black and White Photographs
- Publication Year :
- 1880
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Abstract
- The article talks about stamp collecting or philately, which is the activity of collecting postage stamps. It states that stamp collecting started when a school-teacher in Paris, France required her student to get examples of different postage stamps to enhance their study of geography. It notes that the word philately came from two Greek words meaning the love of stamps.
- Subjects :
- STAMP collecting
POSTAGE stamps
GEOGRAPHY education
HISTORY
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- Language :
- English
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Harper's Young People, June 8, 1880
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 69741952