Posta tarihi: Revizyonlar arasındaki fark

[[Image:WallensteinBriefSiegel.jpg|thumb|200px|Pre-stamp [[1628]] [[Letter sheet|lettersheet]] opened up showing folds, address and seal, with letter being written on the obverse]]

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'''Postal history''' is the study of [[postal system]]s and how they operate and, or, the collecting of [[Cover (philately)|covers]] and associated material illustrating historical episodes of postal systems. The term is attributed to [[Robson Lowe]], a professional [[Philately|philatelist]], [[stamp dealer]] and stamp [[auctioneer]], who made the first organised study of the subject in the 1930s and described philatelists as ''"students of science"'', but postal historians as ''"students of humanity"''.<ref>{{cite book | first=Vivien J. | last=Sussex | year=1988 | title=Introducing Postal History | chapter=1 | pages=p5| publisher=British Philatelic Trust in conjunction with The Postal History Society, London }}</ref>