everything in common — for example, a love of one of his mother’s favorite pastimes, stamp collecting.The dear-departed monarch gained a reputation as quite the philatelist during her lifetime, leaving the family collection with a total value of about $127 million in American dollars, The Sunday Times and Guardian have both reported. Elizabeth, who passed away last September at the age of 96, was the fifth royal family member, according to The Daily Express, to put her stamp on the Royal Philatelic Collection.