Stamps often boast intricate illustrations on their tiny surfaces. Take advantage of their beauty by turning them into decorations for the walls of your home.

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 ...

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 ...

Stamp collecting — often called philately — is one of the most rewarding and timeless hobbies you can undertake. It allows you to journey through history, geography, art and culture, all within the ...

Stamp collection has never really been my thing, but I may be converted after seeing this stylish set. In a homage to Sweden's top sporting legends, Nordic postal service PostNord has commissioned ...

John Leszak got hooked when he was a little kid, like most stamp collectors. In his case, you might say there was a bit of divine intervention. “The Sisters of Mercy got me started in 1963,” Leszak ...

Q: I want to find a good home for the stamp collection I started as a kid. I took it to a stamp show, but serious collectors didn't find it sophisticated enough for them. The guy at a local stamp ...

My mom started [collecting] in the late 1930s . . . in anticipation of her three kids going to college . . . and bought . . . newly issued commemoratives, [paying] $3 ...

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 ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - When legendary bond investor Bill Gross graduated high school, his mother gave him a stack of U.S. postal stamps that she had purchased over the years and which she hoped he could ...