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 ...

A prominent stamp dealer is reportedly offering $100,000 for two missing 24-cent stamps known to collectors as the Inverted Jenny, nearly 60 years after they were stolen. Donald Sundman, president of ...

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 ...

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 ...

My mom started [collecting] in the late 1930s in anticipation of her three kids going to college and bought newly issued commemoratives, [paying] $3 for a sheet of 100. She hid them away for 20 years ...

CHICAGO — When a bout of measles kept 6-year-old Charles Berg home from school, his grandfather did the one thing medicine can’t do for a sick kid: distract him. He shared his personal stamp ...

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 ...

Yellowstone’s "secret" century-old Old Faithful stamp is available only by request and may be the last of its kind. Before ...

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 ...

Basketball, comedians and express mail are the subjects of seven stamps that were issued this week by the U.S. Postal Service. The schedule tapped off Wednesday with a 29-cent commemorative on the ...