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 ...
THIS OCTOBER, bats are harbingers of Halloween and National Stamp Collecting Month. The flying mammals are sticking to envelopes, flitting through mailboxes, spreading the word: Stamp collecting is ...
Who gets the stamp of approval: The Postal Service receives about 50,000 suggestions for new stamps every year. Many are eliminated because they do not meet the basic rules for what can be on a stamp.
Here are some reader questions on stamp collecting. Q-Who was the first person to collect stamps? A-When the Penny Black stamp first came out in England on May 6, 1840, Dr. John Gray of the British ...
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 ...
The contest, created as part of USPS's commemoration of its 250th anniversary this year and the nation's semiquincentennial in 2026, asks the public to help pick a previously issued stamp pane for ...
A thematic stamp collection highlighting the “postal history” of Hartford in the 18th and 19th centuries is heading to auction in March after winning several major awards. A result of years of ...
The German Post is among the several government postal agencies that annually promotes stamp collecting. Unlike the U.S. Postal Service, which occasionally sponsors a show but recently severed its ...
MARCO KASTER TAKES a last deep puff on his cigarette outside a warehouse near the Hong Kong International Airport. Dodging trucks and forklifts, he buzzes an unmarked door. He waits for clearance in ...