Tallahassee's 16th Annual Stamp and Coin Show on March 21–22 carries special historical significance as it coincides with the ...

The “king of hobbies” is changing. Once the domain of hobbyists trying to complete their collections, stamp collecting has shifted to investors seeking individual collectible stamps worth money. With ...

The valuation of any item is subject to a variety of factors some of which appear universal and others which are unique to the product. This is true for investment grade postage stamps but, to make a ...

There is signifant evidence that postage stamps are not just a good investment, but also, an investment with positive features found in securities or other better known instruments for the growth and ...

When Austin Marks was 10, his dad gave him a beginner's stamp album and poured out a big pile of stamps on the table. "I sifted through them, stamp by stamp," he recalls, and found the ones that ...

The first stamp was issued in 1840, the penny black. The penny red replaced it in 1841. In 1864 Georges Herpin coined the the term "philately" which replaced previous terms for a collector of stamps.