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 ...

Here’s something for serious stamp collectors only. This summer, philatelists will have a chance to snag the rarest US stamp ever: the 1868 one-cent “Z-grill.” Interested? It’ll cost you (more than) a ...

When bond investor Bill Gross's mother wanted to save money for his education, she looked at stamp collecting as a way to invest. But when he tried to sell the stamps before enrolling at Duke ...

As U.S. stamp production and collection declines, a local stamp club continues to draw a steady and engaged group of ...

A one-cent postage stamp from 1868 is expected to become the most expensive U.S. stamp ever sold when it heads to auction in June. Known as the “Z-grill,” the stamp is the most-valued piece of what ...

The stamp collection belonging to the late German billionaire businessman Erivan Haub, one of the most celebrated collections of American philately, will be offered in a series of sales, with the ...

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 ...