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 ...

On Tuesday, the U.S. Postal Service is scheduled to release 20 postage stamps honoring Harry Potter, and officials at the cash-strapped agency hope the images, drawn straight from the Warner Brothers ...

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, ...

John Leszak got hooked when he was a little kid, like most stamp collectors. In his case, you might say there was a bit of divine intervention. “The Sisters of Mercy got me started in 1963,” Leszak ...

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 ...

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Philately, the study of stamps, is the passion of the Garfield-Perry Stamp Club. Philately, the study of stamps, is the passion of the Garfield-Perry Stamp Club. Plus, Les Délices performs a Baroque ...

Vesma Grinfelds, a San Francisco resident and president of the Council of Northern California Philatelic Societies, was thrilled to view some of the world's rarest stamps last weekend at the ...

Stamp collecting feels like something your grandpa would wax poetic about, but it's cooler than you think. While the odds that you'll come across one of these record-breakingly rare and valuable ...

"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 ...

The series honors the hobby of stamp collecting, showcasing its aspects and aiming to bring both young and veteran collectors closer to a pastime that was once a way of life. Israel Post’s tribute to ...