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Philatelic Product

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Philatelic Product is a collective term for anything related to the area of stamp collecting, or philately, that is not a stamp (but may contain stamps). Stamps have their own category. The Philatelic Products category was created on 19-Jan-2017 by moving all first day covers and all postal stationery from the stamps category into this new category. Please note that maximum cards can be found in the Postcard category. The list of philatelic product types will likely increase over time as collectors submit additional items.

Browsing the catalog

The Colnect Philatelic Product Catalog can easily be filtered from the Catalog drop-down menu by the following properties:

  • Countries: The country the philatelic product was issued in.
  • Formats: The type of the philatelic product. Currently the following types exist in the Colnect Philatelic Product Catalog:



  • Face Values: The numeric face value, not taking into account the currency. For objects with glued stamps, the number is shown on the stamp.In the case of several stamps, the sum of the same, if of different value. If the stamps all have the same value, you can enter the number multiplied by the value (example 5*0.40). For objects with the value printed directly (such as postal stationery), only the value is reported, without taking into account any added stamps (the value that the object has at the time of issue is considered, therefore without considering any services added later). Some objects built for collectors, while containing one or more stamps, have their own issue value (selling price) printed. You must enter this value (example)
  • Currencies: The face currency of the Philatelic Product. The currency is used as the face value is written, so currencies with divisions will have two currencies listed, e.g. there are both Euro and Euro cent in the list.
  • Years: The year of issue of the Philatelic Product.
  • Themes: The themes or topics the philatelic product displays. Only themes from the Colnect Global Cross-Category Themes List can be used. If you think a new theme should be added, please discuss in the Discussing Themes forum topic.
  • Catalogs: Catalogs with extensive information about philatelic products. Currently there are 32 different catalogs available on Colnect.
  • Recently updated: Philatelic products where at least one piece of information was changed in the last 30 calendar days. The last change applied is used to determine the change age of the philatelic product. This can be further filtered by the last 1, 3, 7, 14 and 30 calendar days.
  • Newly added: Philatelic Products added to the Colnect Philatelic Products Catalog within the last 30 days. This can be further filtered by the last 1, 3, 7, 14, and 30 days.
  • Import Log: A list of all New Item Forms (NIFs) that have been imported since the creation of the Colnect Philatelic Products category. It shows date, the person who created the NIF, the coordinator who imported it, the number of philatelic products imported, and the country of the philatelic products. Please note that it is not possible to find the philatelic products that were in the NIF, this information is not stored in the database.


The catalog also contains other properties to further describe the philatelic products:

  • Name (60 characters): The name of the philatelic product.
  • Series: The series, if any, the philatelic product belongs to.
  • Variants: If a philatelic product is marked as a variant, you can get a list of all variants of this philatelic product by clicking on Click to see variants.
  • Subformat: Support type of the philatelic product (envelope, folder, sheet, brochure, postcard ...)
  • Catalog Code: A catalog code for the philatelic product as given in the catalog used.
  • Issuer: The postal authority or company that issued the philatelic product.
  • Authors: The photographer or artist of the philatelic product's motif(s), if known. If you add a new author, the format must be Surname, Name.
  • Print run: The number of the philatelic product copies issued.
  • Front Picture and Back Picture: Both front and back of the philatelic product should be pictured, as the back often contains important information about the issuer, author, motif, number and hints to determine the age. Please follow the Picture Guidelines.
  • Description: Additional information about the philatelic product. Variants should contain information on how to distinguish the variants in the description of each variant item.

See Also

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