Amassing stamps from foreign letter recently (9)
I believe the answer is:
philately
'amassing stamps' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'foreign letter recently' is the wordplay.
'foreign letter' becomes 'phi' (letter of the Greek alphabet).
'recently' becomes 'lately' (synonyms).
'phi'+'lately'='PHILATELY'
'from' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for philately that I've seen before include "Collecting little stickers" , "The hobby of stamp collecting" , "pursuit" , "interest in stamps" , "stamps territory?" .)