stampalgia
/ˌstæmˈpældʒə/nounVerified NewNostalgia for ink passport stamps and the era of crossings they commemorated.
E-gates replaced the little pictures of arrival with nothing at all, and travellers found they missed being dated and located. The stamp was proof that going somewhere had happened to you.
Etym. — stamp + -algia, the ache-for-a-thing suffix family.
Rel. — vexillalgia
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