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 ...

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 ...

Bond guru Bill Gross is exiting one of his long-standing investments and is giving all the proceeds to charity. That investment is rare U.S. stamps, which Gross has been collecting since 1993. "It's ...

Philately, collecting stamp as a hobby, is one of the few hobbies which can save children from online addiction, spending too much time on the internet, but also beneficial for elders as well. This ...

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 ...

Beatles fans and philatelists alike will be able to view John Lennon‘s childhood stamp collection during the World Stamp Show in New York City, May 28th through June 4th. According to the Smithsonian ...

The United States Postal Service's newest stamp collection is finally here, transforming the iconic children's book Goodnight Moon into tiny illustrated works of art months after the postage ...

If I asked you right now, “what would you pay for an unused block of the 1857 5-cent Jefferson Perforated Stamps?”, what would you offer? (No fair Googling it.) Would it be $500? $50,000? If I told ...

This column answers questions sent in by Tribune readers. Q: What is the best way to store stamps? Can I use plastic bags or paper envelopes? Do you stack stamps together on top of one another? A: ...