Collecting stamps from a Greek letter recently (9)
I believe the answer is:
philately
'collecting' is the definition.
(I know that philately is a type of collecting)
'letter recently' is the wordplay.
'letter' becomes 'phi' (phi is a kind of letter).
'recently' becomes 'lately' (synonyms).
'phi'+'lately'='PHILATELY'
'stamps from a greek' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for philately that I've seen before include "pursuit" , "Stamp-collecting" , "The hobby of stamp collecting" , "interest in stamps" , "stamps territory?" .)