Georges Herpin (philatelist)
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Georges Herpin (philatelist)
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Georges Herpin was a 19th-century French stamp collector who in 1864 coined the French word philatélie, which in English became "philately". Herpin, a pioneer in the science, stated that stamps had been collected and studied for the previous six or seven years and a better name was required for the new hobby than timbromanie, which was disliked. He took the Greek root words φιλ(ο)- phil(o)-, meaning "an attraction or affinity for something", and ἀτέλεια ateleia, meaning "exempt from duties and t
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French philatelist
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2023-10-30T02:56:18Z
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