Philately: The king of hobbies, it documents the authentic history 

Philately is considered the king of hobbies as the collectors through various philatelic items develop a better appreciation of the history, culture, personalities and of their societies.  Philately documents the authentic history. 

Philately or Stamp collecting is so fascinating and exciting as you come across stamps of various countries that have different shapes, sizes, designs, languages, nomenclatures, traditions, themes, currencies, and much more. 

The word Philately was coined by Georges Herpin in the year 1864 and It is the transliteration of the French word Philatélie. 

Philately is not just stamp collection, but it is the research and study of stamps. A person who loves everything about stamps is popularly known as a philatelist. 

A philatelist would generally study, design, printing process, type of paper, nature of perforations, ink markings, errors on stamps, originality of stamps & much more.