Holidays of the USSR - Postage Stamp Day (Philately Day)

Philately Day was celebrated in the USSR from 1922 until the end of the 30s of the twentieth century It became a kind of predecessor of Postage Stamp Day During this period, residents of many countries were passionate about philately The world's first exhibition of postage stamps in an international format was even organized in Belgium For the first time, Soviet Philately Day was celebrated in 1922; the issue of special postal and charitable stamps, which was called “Philately for Children,” was timed to coincide with this date When creating them, a special overprint “RSFSR/Philately for children/19-8-22” was used, applied in black paint over the stamps of the Russian Empire These unique stamps were sold only on August 19, 1922 At the Moscow post office they were canceled with a special stamp After 14 years, representatives of the International Philatelic Federation decided to annually celebrate a new holiday, which they called “Postage Stamp Day” Since 1958, members of philatelic organizations have celebrated it together with Collector's Day According to some sources, the first impressive collection of postal items was collected 4600 years ago by the inhabitants of Ancient Egypt Ancient postmarks were discovered inside the tomb of Pharaoh Amenoptis Due to the fact that they were perfectly preserved, the stamps clearly showed the places where the letters were sent There were also papyri with inscriptions written in red or blue paint Each letter was in a separate cylinder, which was hermetically sealed In the 70s of the twentieth century, a philatelist from England published a book in which he claimed that archaeologists had transferred the ancient letters they had found to the Cairo Museum Predecessors of stamps also existed in Ancient Greece There, a special mark was used for letters - telos Its presence meant that the recipient did not need to pay anything for the message received The passion for postage stamps was first called “timbrophilia” because in French a postage stamp sounded like “timbre” However, after it turned out that people collect stamps in large quantities and even cover their rooms with them, this hobby began to be called “stamp mania” The new term "philately" appeared in 1864 It was introduced into speech by the French collector Georges Herpin His article, which was published in the magazine “Stamp Collector,” stated that due to the wide distribution of various stamps, the term “markomania” appeared, denoting a love of studying envelopes, stamps, stamps and other postal signs In turn, he proposed using a new term in the lexicon - “philately”