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 ...

Stamp collecting may seem like an old-fashioned hobby in a digital age where fewer and fewer things are sent through the mail, but fans say it is not only still popular but in some ways is a pastime ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Living along a remote stretch of Northern California's redwood coast, Oliver Seeler painstakingly tracks down stamps from around the world. But not just any stamps. He collects only those with images ...

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 ...

COVID may have breathed new life into this oft-forgotten pastime. Even if you’re quarantining, you can sate a stamp collecting addiction. After all, today, most buying and trading occur online: buying ...