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 ...

One week. That’s how long you have to snap up Forever stamps before they go up a penny — again — this time to 45 cents. I lost track of how much a stamp cost a few years ago. It was in 2007 when the U ...

NEW YORK - On the centennial anniversary of the annual American Stamp Dealers' Association, hundreds of philatelists - people who study and collect stamps--flocked to a hotel hall in midtown Manhattan ...

"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 ...

What keeps somebody glued to a hobby for 70 years? For Steve Reinhard, 78, who has been happily stuck on stamp collecting for seven decades, the pastime delivers first-class delight. Every tiny sticky ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Editor's note: This is the third story in an ongoing series about interesting hobbies in and around the Norwalk area. If you have an interesting hobby you would like profiled, contact Staff Writer ...

In 1972, the country tried some novel fundraising: selling postage stamps embossed with a playable recording. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with journalist Chris May who wrote about the oddity. And now a ...

"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 ...