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That lasted several years, until Yang, an amateur philatelist, got in another dust-up with a manager who touched some of his stamps.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2016

But he was best known for his tinier creations — his Postal Service stamps — and particularly for a series depicting lighthouses that was a philatelist sensation beginning in the 1990s.

From Washington Post • Feb. 2, 2016

McDowell described his trophies the way a philatelist might discuss his stamps.

From New York Times • May 8, 2015

These are greater interest to philatelist than the 'official' - mass produced - stamp issues which follow later.

From BBC • Jul. 6, 2011

Mr. F. J. Melville, a noted philatelist, says in "Chats on Postage Stamps" that the United States Post Office "literally cribbed" MacWhirter's picture, apparently without permission or any sort of payment.

From Peeps at Postage Stamps by Johnson, Stanley Currie