as in the dictionary it is said "philos" in Greek means Loving and "ateleia" means exemption from further tax. and then it becomes a noun with suffix -ist, meant the person as you know :-)
Perhaps you mean philatelist? It's a stamp collector.
A philatelist can to be used to mean a stampcollector.
I have a possibly rare stamp that I would like to show to a philatelist. My favorite philatelist is currently out of town. I would like to refer you to another philatelist.
My talkative aunt from Philadelphia happens to be an avid philatelist. Perhaps a local philatelist would be interested in your leftover stamps.
After I told my friend I collect stamps he asked if i was a philatelist
David Feldman - philatelist - was born in 1947.
Mount Brown - philatelist - died in 1919.
Mount Brown - philatelist - was born in 1837.
Harry Osborne - philatelist - died in 1959.
Harry Osborne - philatelist - was born in 1875.
Gerald Davis - philatelist - died in 2005.
Gerald Davis - philatelist - was born in 1916.