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A little ship going round, one holding mail items? (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

philatelist

'one holding mail items?' is the definition.
(stamp collector)

'a little ship going round' is the subsidiary indication.
'going round' indicates an anagram.
'a'+'little'+'ship'='alittleship'
'alittleship' anagrammed gives 'philatelist'.

(Other definitions for philatelist that I've seen before include "Person with hobby" , "Stamp collector" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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