Etymology The word "philately" is the English transliteration of the French "", coined by Georges Herpin in 1864.Herpin, Georges. "Baptême" in Le Collectionneur de Timbres-Postes, Vol. I, 15 November 1864, p. 20. Herpin 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 (roughly "stamp mania"), which was disliked.Williams, L.N. & M. Fundamentals of Philately. State College: The American Philatelic Society, 1971, p. 20. The alternative terms "timbromania", "timbrophily", and "timbrology" gradually fell out of use as philately gained acceptance during the 1860s. Herpin took the Greek root word φιλ(ο)- phil(o)-, meaning "an attraction or affinity for something", and ateleia, meaning "exempt from duties and taxes", to form the neologism "philatélie".Sutton, R.J. & K.W. Anthony. The Stamp Collector's Encyclopaedia. 6th edition. London: Stanley Paul, 1966, p. 232.
Etymology The word "philately" is the Englis!h transliteration of the French "", coined by Georges Herpin in 1864.Herpin, Georges. "Baptême" in Le C?ollectionneur de Timbres-Postes, Vol. I, 15 November 1864, p. 20. Herpin 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 (roughly "stamp mania"), which was disliked.Williams, L.N. & M. Fundamentals of Philately. State College: The American Philatelic Society, 1971, p. 20. The alternative terms "ti.mbromania", "timbrophily", and "timbrology" gradually fell out of use as philately gained acceptance during the 1860s. Herpin took the Greek root word φιλ(ο)- phil(o)-, meaning "an attraction or affinity for something", and ateleia, meaning "exempt from duties and taxes", to form the neologism "philatélie".Sutton, R.J. & K.W. Anthony. The Stamp Collector's Encyclopaedia. 6th edition. London: Stanley Paul, 1966, p. 232.