Stamp collecting — often called philately — is one of the most rewarding and timeless hobbies you can undertake. It allows you to journey through history, geography, art and culture, all within the ...
There’s something quietly captivating about stamp collecting. It’s one of those hobbies that sounds quaint at first — almost old-fashioned — until you realize just how many people around the world are ...
Even avid collectors will tell you: Stamp collecting is not the flashiest of hobbies. It isn't trendy. It doesn't speed past you at the breakneck pace of a video game or offer the manic energy of a ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Considered a recreation of times long foregone, stamp collection as a hobby is slowly but surely finding its way back into ...
When English writer Theodore Hook sent himself a postcard in 1840, he meant it as a practical joke. Little did he know that one piece of self-designed card would inadvertently, in the year 2001, be ...
Jennifer Nelson writes about all things money--personal finance, investing, saving, credit cards and insurance for numerous publications including AARP, Next Avenue, Credit Karma, Real SImple, Citi ...