| STAMP | Bit of philately |
| GIBBONS | His catalogue of stamps, first published in 1856, was the 'bible' of philately; Edward Stanley ... |
| STAMPCOLLECTING | Hobby, part of philately (5,10) |
| AVOCATION | Calling centre of Philately starting to collect stamps, for instance (9) |
| MOUNTS | In the hobby or study of philately, another name for stamp hinges (6) |
| LATE | Not in time to get out of philately (4) |
| PANE | Word originally for a rag or a piece of cloth that later came to mean a division of a window or its sheet of glass; or, in philately, a page of stamps from a booklet (4) |
| ESSAYS | In philately, proposed designs of vignettes or borders for postage stamps; or, academic writings of fewer words than dissertations or theses (6) |
| STRIP | In philately, a horizontal or vertical row of three or more joined postage stamps (5) |
| STAMPS | The study of these adhesive paper squares or rectangles is known as philately |
| PASTIMES | General description of activities/ hobbies such as philately, candlemaking, solving crosswords or birdwatching (8) |
| TETEBECHE | In philately, a joined pair of stamps printed with one inverted in relation to the other (4-5) |
| ESSAY | In philately, a proposed design for vignettes/borders of postage stamps (5) |
| SHEET | In philately, a unit of stamps to be divided into panes for sale (5) |
| TIMBROLOGY | Old name for the activity of stamp-collecting or philately (10) |
| HINGE | A mount for a postage stamp in philately; device upon which a door swings; or, a joint of a bivalve shell (5) |
| HOBBYISM | Practice of pursuing philately, photography, poetry, pottery, puzzles or other pastimes for pleasure (8) |
| COVERS | Envelopes in philately bearing a stamp, postmark or label of historical interest (6) |
| PANES | Philately collection |
| ISSUE | Philately offering |
