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 ...

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 ...

In the 1920s and ’30s, clerks at The Times collected stamps from overseas mail. The postage tells of a fluid world history. By David W. Dunlap See more of our coverage in your search results.Encuentra ...

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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These tiny rectangles hold memory and mystery, and they will travel where you will not. By Liza St. James The first time I had something to write home about, I was, fittingly, at sleep-away camp. But ...

A freelance reporter in London tries to sell his boyhood stamp collection and takes a journey through memory and vanished nations. Clearing out a closet, roof space or garage can be a chore. Old ...

"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 ...

"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 ...