No true philatelist would pass up an 1860s stamped Pony Express envelope, now valued at as much as $50,000. No wonder Rita Braver can find dedicated stamp collectors in all sorts of places. Originally ...

Stamp collecting isn’t what it used to be. The hobby once rooted in collectors’ homes and schools and in small stamp shops scattered around the country is now grounded on the Internet. These changes ...

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 ...

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 ...

Freddie Mercury’s sense of style is visible as far back as his childhood stamp collection. Mercury, born on this day in 1946 with the name Farrokh Bulsara, was the iconic frontman of Queen. His unique ...

GORGING ON HBO in Washington, D.C., while waiting for the city to unlock itself, my eye wandered from TV to the media cabinet shelf where my long-forgotten stamp albums sat. An inveterate traveler now ...

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, ...

Stamp collection has never really been my thing, but I may be converted after seeing this stylish set. In a homage to Sweden's top sporting legends, Nordic postal service PostNord has commissioned ...

When I was a kid, many stores handed out S&H Green Stamps to customers. There were no credit card rewards points in those days. When you got home you put your stamps in your S&H book and when it was ...

The flood of money going into collectibles -- art, wine, jewelry -- is now pouring into the market for postage stamps. News that William Gross, the billionaire bond trader at Pimco, is selling off ...