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The use of technology in philately now includes the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to search enormous numbers of images in nanoseconds to match a particular item with past images of the same or similar.
A system that does precisely this is called ‘ProFi’, developed by German auctioneers Heinrich Köhler. This is a useful tool for many aspects of the hobby, especially for professional philatelists breaking down collections into