Considered a recreation of times long foregone, stamp collection as a hobby is slowly but surely finding its way back into the laps of passionate collectors who wish to enrich their shelves with ...
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 ...
NPM copy Purchased with Adopt-a-Book funds. A thorough introduction to the evolution of the adhesive stamp and other philatelic meterial, which allows the beginner and experienced enthusiast to ...
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 ...
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 ...
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: Captain ...