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 ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The British Penny Black, the world’s first pre-paid postage stamp, was issued in May 1840 but the excitement ...

As a child, I was always fascinated with the idea of taking a Rorschach test ― the notion someone could divine my personality in response to my perception of inkblots ― until a good friend of my ...

The valuation of any item is subject to a variety of factors some of which appear universal and others which are unique to the product. This is true for investment grade postage stamps but, to make a ...

The world-class stamp collection of the late Wilkes-Barre native Irwin Weinberg netted $4 million-plus at auction. The Weinberg inventory sold “like gangbusters,” said Scott R. Trepel, owner of Robert ...

Clearing out a closet, attic or garage can be a chore. Old photographs, clothes and books can create clutter, or take up space that's sometimes needed for something else. But every so often, the ...

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 ...