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 ...

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, ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Honor icons like Muhammad Ali and Bruce Lee, and celebrate Valentine's Day and Lunar Year with these new USPS stamps.

JANESVILLE—Stamp collector Dan Martin showed off a set of more than a dozen Thomas Jefferson U.S. 5-cent postage stamps used between 1875-77. Some had dark ink cancellation marks that showed the ...

TEXAS (KAUZ) - Calling all stamp collectors, the U.S. Postal Service has announced the release of its 2026 Love stamps. These ...

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 ...

New US postage stamp unveiled featuring a ‘cultural force’ - Twenty-two million stamps have been printed and once they sell ...