From philately and numismatics to book collecting birding and phillumeny these engaging pursuits blend learning leisure and ...

What keeps somebody glued to a hobby for 70 years? For Steve Reinhard, 78, who has been happily stuck on stamp collecting for seven decades, the pastime delivers first-class delight. Every tiny sticky ...

Stamp collecting may seem like an old-fashioned hobby in a digital age where fewer and fewer things are sent through the mail, but fans say it is not only still popular but in some ways is a pastime ...

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 ...

Well, no, the 1934 stamp actually featured the well-known Whistler s Mother, but stamps that will be on display Saturday in Stratford are a fine example of what could only be called "Fun with an ...

The Inverted Jenny is a famous misprint stamp from 1918 that features the Jenny plane—or the Curtiss JN-4, used to carry mail ...

A recent Monday, 11:34 p.m.: After finishing his $2 lunch at the Russian American Community Services center, Julius Mansbach sifted through an envelope of stamps he had just received from his contacts ...

Collecting stamps can be as easy as pulling a stamp off an envelope delivered by mail or as complicated as studying historical events to find a particularly rare or coveted one. Whatever the interest, ...

York countians are collectors. Sleds, antique toys. Stamps. All kinds of stuff. So with the increase of the cost of stamps today to 49 cents a piece, that hike is going to hurt the stamp collecting ...

COVID may have breathed new life into this oft-forgotten pastime. Even if you’re quarantining, you can sate a stamp collecting addiction. After all, today, most buying and trading occur online: buying ...

Queen Elizabeth is apparently a keen stamp collector, and her hobby has managed to make her an incredible £100million so far. The monarch is reportedly the proud owner of one of the rarest stamps in ...