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 thousands to millions of dollars. These are the most ...

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 ...

Qatar Philatelic and Numismatic Center held its annual auction on Friday, showcasing a diverse array of rare collectibles at ...

For six days, starting on November 12th, a unique exhibition of rare stamps and other extraordinary historical objects has ...

A famous inverted-error stamp from Papua is for sale. The 1930 error is worth 114% more than in 2010. Read to find out why.

“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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...