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Amassing stamps from foreign letter recently (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

philately

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'amassing stamps' is the definition.
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'foreign letter recently' is the wordplay.
'foreign letter' becomes 'phi' (letter of the Greek alphabet).
'recently' becomes 'lately' (synonyms).
'phi'+'lately'='PHILATELY'

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(Other definitions for philately that I've seen before include "Collecting little stickers" , "The hobby of stamp collecting" , "pursuit" , "interest in stamps" , "stamps territory?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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