Do you mean philatelist?
It is a noun meaning"exemption from payment" used to mean a franking mark or postage stamp exempting the recipient from payment.
Philately is the collection and study of postage stamps.
2007-01-30 23:08:37
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answered by the gunners 7
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Stamp collector collects stamps,philatalists study a wider field concerned with postage such as postmarks and pre stamp postage.
2007-01-31 05:46:49
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answered by frankturk50 6
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a stamp collector
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=2&q=philatelist
phi·lat·e·ly /fɪËlætli/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[fi-lat-l-ee] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun 1. the collecting of stamps and other postal matter as a hobby or an investment.
2. the study of postage stamps, revenue stamps, stamped envelopes, postmarks, postal cards, covers, and similar material relating to postal or fiscal history.
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[Origin: 1860–65; < F philatélie < Gk phil- phil- + atéleia freedom from charges (taken to mean recipient's freedom from delivery charges by virtue of the stamp which sender affixed to the letter), lit., want of taxation, equiv. to a- a-6 + tél(os) tax + -eia -y3]
—Related forms
phil·a·tel·ic /ËfɪlÉËtÉlɪk/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[fil-uh-tel-ik] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation, phil·a·tel·i·cal, adjective
phil·a·tel·i·cal·ly, adverb
phi·lat·e·list /fɪËlætlɪst/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[fi-lat-l-ist] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation, noun
2007-02-03 08:50:09
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answered by Anonymous
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A stamp collector
2007-01-30 23:06:40
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answered by John H 2
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A philatalist is someone who collects things that are untaxed. Stamps are untaxed, therefore it has become stamp collecting in general usage.
2007-01-31 03:26:28
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answered by Polyhistor 7
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Someone who collects postage stamps.
2007-01-30 23:06:35
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answered by Cynthia D 5
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stamp collector.
2007-01-30 23:04:11
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answered by happy chappy 5
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