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The collection of postage stamps of various issues.

VARIOUS
1. Different; diverse; several; manifold; as, men of various names; various occupations; various colors. So many and so various laws are given. Milton. A wit as various, gay, grave, sage, or wild. Byron. 2. Changeable; uncertain; inconstant;
VARIOUSLY
In various or different ways.
POSTAGE
The price established by law to be paid for the conveyance of a letter or other mailable matter by a public post. Postage stamp, a government stamp required to be put upon articles sent by mail in payment of the postage, esp. an adhesive
COLLECTION
1. The act or process of collecting or of gathering; as, the collection of specimens. 2. That which is collected; as: A gathering or assemblage of objects or of persons. "A collection of letters." Macaulay. A gathering of money for charitable
COLLECTIONAL
Of or pertaining to collecting. The first twenty-five must have been wasted for collectional purposes. H. A. Merewether.
MISRECOLLECTION
Erroneous or inaccurate recollection.
OVARIOUS
Consisting of eggs; as, ovarious food. Thomson.
RECOLLECTION
1. The act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the operation by which objects are recalled to the memory, or ideas revived in the mind; reminiscence; remembrance. 2. The power of recalling ideas to the mind, or the period within which
PRECOLLECTION
A collection previously made.