Imagine how much that collection would be worth now! For over 180 years, we’ve been collecting stamps, and philatelists have put a high price on the rarest of the rare stamps, from hundreds of ...

Most stamp collectors buy, sell and trade postage stamps for fun and have seen the value of their stamp collections drop in recent years. At the same time, the value of individual rare stamps has ...

While there isn't a plethora of rare German stamps, enough of them make five and six figures at auction to know them by name.

“This is, without a question, the most significant and most valuable collection of United States stamps formed this past half century,” said Charles Shreve, Gross’ longtime philatelic ...

The stamp, seen here with Siegel Auctions President Scott Trepel, once famously featured in an episode of the Simpsons A rare US postage stamp has sold for $2m (£1.63m) in a New York auction ...

An $8.3m (£6.2m) stamp is returning to the UK for the first time in 143 years, after being sold at auction to a British rare stamp dealer. The British Guiana 1c Magenta was bought by rare stamp ...

A two-day philately exhibition showcasing history and cultural heritage of Jammu through postage stamps started here on Wednesday, an official said. More than 5,000 rare and varied stamps issued in ...

Why is it precisely the flawed specimens that get stamp collectors so excited? And what has an uncle from Saxony got to do with all this? Our Havana-based colleague and author Michael Thoss has been ...