The seven stamp albums assembled by Dr. Sally Ride (1951-2012), astronaut and scientist, include connections between collecting, hobbies, pastimes, and career. Ride’s interest in philately began at ...

A therapeutic benefit of stamp collecting is reflected in Stamps for the Wounded, an organization founded more than 50 years ago with an assist from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The nonprofit ...

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 ...

Dedicated stamp collectors usually have implausible dreams. For example, to find, among a grandparent’s love letters, an envelope with an airplane printed upside down. Or, in a flea market in Athens a ...

The number of Indian stamps in the collection were almost thrice the number of stamps of other countries, although the fewer foreign stamps created a niche for themselves by coming in triangular, ...

Stamp collectors are hoping to tap into a renewed interest and school programs to attract new members after watching numbers "shrink" in recent years. According to Glenorchy Stamp Club committee ...

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 ...