What makes Philately a special hobby?
=> Philately is a delightful hobby that sharpens and satisfies your aesthetic tastes. While  expanding your knowledge of and interaction with the world you live in, you get to know interesting details of politics, history , prominent personalities, national and international events, geography, flora and fauna, agriculture, science, monuments,  soldiers, warriors, scientists, arms and ammunition, modes of transport etc. This process of learning becomes   more delightful through visuals and brief write-ups. In addition, philately cultivates a meticulous and focused attention to detail. It also helps you to make friends across boundaries and age limits.



=> The coining of the word "philately" in its French form has been circumstantially attributed to Georges Herpin. It is formed from the Greek words philos (friend) and ateleia (exempt from charge, or "franked").


=> A specialty of stamp collecting is that this hobby is the most democratic of all the hobbies. Nation, language, age, sex & color do not constitute any barrier to stamp collecting. Stamp collectors all over the world feel a sort of brother hood towards each other. Stamp collectors of a country do not feel any animosity towards those countries with which their country is not on good terms.


=> It is believed that stamp-collecting hobby has started since 1841.  King George V, Duke of Windsor, King George VI, Queen Elizabeth, King Carol of Rumania, King Farouk of Egypt,President Roosevelt, Maharaja Jiyaji Rao of Sindhia of Gwalior, Nawab of Bhawalpur, General K.M.Cariyappa, Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi etc. were some of the great & enthusiastic stamp collectors.