Marcophily, occasionally called Marcophilately, is the specialised study and collection of postmarks, ...
Marcophily is the ‘collecting of postmarks’. Mind you, we used to be called ‘commatologists’ because ‘commatology’ was regarded as the ‘specialised collecting of postmarks’.
Marcophily: Postmark collecting.
Margin: 1) The selvage surrounding the stamps in a sheet, often carrying inscriptions of various kinds. 2) The unprinted border area around the stamp design.
Marcophily: Postmark collecting.
Margin: The unprinted border area around the stamp design.
Marcophilately: study of postmarks; also known as Marcophily, Commatology
Mare: (Fr.) sea.
Mare Balticum: (Latin) Baltic Sea, exhibition name covering Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, and Sweden.
Manuscript - Term describing covers or stamps with handwritten postal markings.
Marcophily - Refers to hobby of collecting postmarks.
Margin Copy - A stamp with evidence that it was part of the margin column of a stamp sheet.
Specialized collecting of postmarks. This term was invented before World War II to describe postmark collecting. It is rarely used. Usually, collectors refer to postmark collecting or marcophily.
Commemorative: ...
 See also: Used, Imprint, Margin, Inscription, Gum
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