Stamp collecting

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An 81-year-old philatelist living in the Central Anatolian province of Kayseri has said he has collected over 200,000 stamps in 50 years.

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"I have every kind of stamp. I look after them neatly," Fevzi Ablak, a pensioner, told Demirören News Agency on Aug. 19.

The 30th anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child was marked on 18.11.2019 with the validation of a postal-philatelic edition.

The PTT (Turkish Postal Service) Stamp Museum exhibits 8,375 stamps, which have been printed since 1863, as well as the philately products of 192 countries.

The PTT (Turkish Postal Service) Stamp Museum exhibits 8,375 stamps, which have been printed since 1863, as well as the philately products of 192 countries.

Postage stamps, old coins and football cards are some of the more usual items gathered by those interested in collecting items as a hobby.

Stamp collectors, also known as philatelists, are still attending stamp exchange events every week with stamps they have been collecting since childhood. 

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