Scrabble?! PHILATELIE

Definitions of PHILATELIE in various dictionaries:

In general, philatelic fakes and forgeries refers to labels that look like postage stamps but are not. Most have been produced to deceive or defraud. Learning to identify these can be a challenging branch of philately. To a large extent the definitions below are consistent with those given in the introduction to various recent editions of the Scott Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue. "We use the term "forgery" to indicate stamps produced to defraud collectors (properly known as forgeries) and to defraud stamp-issuing governments (properly known as counterfeits). "Fake" is used to indicate the alteration of a genuine stamp to make it appear as something else. Fakes might refer to cancellations, overprints, added or clipped perforations, stamp design alterations, etc." Although some philatelists stick to precise definitions of these terms, one should not assume that this is the case with every writer. A variation is forgeries produced to defraud members of the public who are buying stamps for legitimate uses, essentially a form of counterfeiting. While difficult to do today, one famous case is the Stock Exchange forgery 1872–73. Questions are often raised about when a stamp is legitimately produced for postage. The following quotation may be helpful: