Many collectors today wonder if postage stamps are good investments. While some rare and historical stamps have increased in value over the years, the market can be very unpredictable. Factors like ...

It occurred to me recently that while I've expended plenty of ink on coins over these last months, I've give short shrift to stamps. In fact, there was a time when stamps nearly rivaled coins in terms ...

Collecting stamps can be as easy as pulling a stamp off an envelope delivered by mail or as complicated as studying historical events to find a particularly rare or coveted one. Whatever the interest, ...

COVID may have breathed new life into this oft-forgotten pastime. Even if you’re quarantining, you can sate a stamp collecting addiction. After all, today, most buying and trading occur online: buying ...

People have many diverse hobbies to amuse themselves during their spare time. I have many hobbies -- model railroading, collecting recorded music, and stamp collecting. Philately, the collection and ...

The "Inverted Jenny," 1918, one of the rarest and most valuable stamps in the world, celebrates the first air mail in the U.S.—by depicting an inadvertently upside-down airplane. Hannah Whitaker ...

USPS rolls out America 250 stamp series, honoring icons, founders and founding ideals—with new releases and a July 4 debut.

The rare find was made by Soham Joshi, a history and politics student at the University of Aberdeen, who had only recently ...

"Arthur H. Wheeler, dealer in foreign postage stamps, Lowell, Mass."--Imprint on cover "Price 15 cents"--Cover "This work has been compiled to August 1867, and contains a complete description of all ...

A teacher’s quest to help students understand the enormity of the Holocaust has culminated in a mind-boggling exhibition of 11 million postage stamps — one for each of the Nazis’ victims, including ...

"This work has been compiled to August 1867, and contains a complete description of all postage stamps issued to that date ..."--Preface, p. [3] (1st group) The hand-book does not include price ...