PHILATELIST. HMMM. A PARTICI-pant in a nonprime-time Olympic sport involving hills, a croquet mallet and bocce ball? A Phillies fan in his customary depths of despair? A lover of a symphony orchestra? No, a philatelist is a stamp collector. And if youthink that an orchidist's passion exhibits itself only via an ever more-discerning eye toward what ends up in his or her greenhouse, imagine being equally serious about collecting orchids and orchid stamps. Collectors of both have three traits in common — they're meticulous in their attention to detail, they love and appreciate beauty, and seemingly no force of nature can make them overcome their obsessions.
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