Philatelists are not only collectors, but also keepers of history

2024 Author: Sierra Becker | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-26 03:46

Which of us did not go to school with a small stockbook and did not exchange stamps with friends during breaks? Many of you are probably familiar with this. After all, a hobby that was fashionable in the past does not lose its popularity today. And now there are his supporters all over the world. These are philatelists.

Philately is a hobby that teaches

With the advent of the first postage stamp in England, a new area of hobbies arose. The name for this new type of collecting - philately - was coined by the French collector Georges Erpin in 1864. Philatelic collectibles include all postal materials and signs issued, printed or pasted at the time of delivery in connection with their acceptance and forwarding by the relevant authorities of individual postal enterprises. Almost immediately after the appearance of postage stamps, the first enthusiasts and devotees of a tiny strip of paper appeared. Philatelists are the people who have preserved unique letters with the first stamps.

Philately as a way of life

The collection of postage stamps and the interest in this hobby sets some requirements for collectors. Philatelic knowledge is not only knowledge of the price list or catalog, but also history, as well as the development of philatelic terminology. Philately is not only a pleasure, but also a great benefit for every collector. A postage stamp is an important educational and cultural factor from which you can learn about life, history and changes in your homeland and in other countries. The artistically executed postage stamp is a symbol of the country.

Philatelists are unique people, in a sense they can be called the keepers of history. And their hobby is more than just collecting stamps. It's a way of life. Philatelists used to spend a lot of time in libraries and reading rooms in order to be imbued with knowledge about what is drawn on postage signs, today they successfully work on the Internet: they are looking for information about the postage signs themselves and about what is depicted on them. Yes, this activity is tedious, time-consuming, but extremely important, because this is how history is known.

Related to collectibles

Absolutely all postage stamps are collected by philatelists. Stamps, postcards, forms, letterheads with dates, envelopes and postcards with a printed return address, telegrams, draft stamps, their samples and samples, postage stamps and stamps. Philately is a hobby of collecting almost everything related to the work of post offices.

At the same time, collectors often encounter fakes. After all, modern printing methods allowit is almost ideal to forge symbols and postal forms. Given this, philatelists have their own experts who scientifically study and issue certificates or guarantees of authenticity. Today, every self-respecting philatelist will not buy a stamp without a guarantee or certificate.

Interaction and knowledge sharing

Such collectors closely communicate with each other, exchange their exhibits. They systematically meet at meetings in philatelic clubs, at visiting meetings, seminars and exhibitions. Few people know that many events and events, such as sports, are accompanied by philatelic exhibitions. For example, the exhibition organized on the occasion of the Summer Olympic Games in Beijing is widely known. After her, some collectors took away more "gold" than many athletes. Philatelists also present their exhibits at events organized on the occasion of the World and European Football Championships or athletics competitions.

There is also mutual assistance between collectors. They know who is interested in who, who collects what in the philatelist's album - sometimes they will find something for themselves, share something with their comrades, and other times they will advise where exactly to look for the "loot" of interest.

Without a doubt, today in many houses on the shelves there are stockbooks filled with postage stamps, as a kind of memory of childhood and youth, of the interests of our parents. It's time to air these collections and show them to the younger generation.

Philately is not only a hobby, it is an education. Each image placed on the stamp contains some knowledge that inspires to a deeper knowledge of it.