How To Use philately In A Sentence
- However, he rues that the increased denomination of stamps has now made philately an expensive proposition.
- The final section of each book has a short story, the two by Rayner being decidedly ordinary (the one in the Rose book is tediously educational on philately), but the two by Cole much better - his story at the end of the Sycorax book retells The Christmas Invasion from the monster's point of view, which is a welcome shift of perspective and carried off smoothly. Linkspam for 2-7-2009
- These were his most topical and politically/socially-oriented tunes, tamer but still relevant and amusing today, and covering everything from pornography in "Smut" Who needs a hobby like tennis or philately? Spencer Green: The Enduring Satiric Genius of Tom Lehrer
- History of bibliophily reaches back to ancient times, while philately came into existence in the second half of the 19th century.
- It was about stamps and philately, which he loved, but also about Simon Garfield. Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway
- French is justly proud that the opening line of his essay on British cinema and the Post Office – "I don't know much about philately, but I know what I lick" – made it into the Penguin Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Quotations, but his prose is too positivist for the flourish of rhetoric. I Found it at the Movies: Reflections of a Cinephile by Philip French – review
- A philately workshop was also arranged to train children in this dying art.
- A keen coin and stamp collector as well as a dealer in rare stamps and ancient coins, he avers that philately has become a rich-man's hobby.
- The number of commemorative stamps issued has increased rapidly since World War II, in response to the improvements in printing techniques that have allowed greater variety of design, and to the growth of philately as a hobby.
- The Postal Service vice president said the characters were chosen to encourage younger generations to take an interest in philately. Stamps of Approval
