The other week I was shocked to suddenly find my old stamp collection. I wasn’t even especially looking for it. I was just going through an old cabinet in the basement. There it was. Stamps from ...
Bargain hunters will love this story. Stamp collectors? Not so much. For several years, local coin-and-stamp dealers have been selling discounted postage stamps — older stamps that have retained their ...
Every time stamp collectors get together, a few more turn up dead. That's because stamp collecting is an old person's game, and getting older. Nowhere was that more apparent than at the big stamp show ...
Clearing out a closet, roof space or garage can be a chore. Old photographs, clothes and books can create clutter or take up space that sometimes is needed for something else. But every so often, the ...
If you've ever riffled through your grandparents' junk drawers looking for scissors or tape, you might've found errant S&H green stamps that've probably been there since the 70s. These stamps weren't ...
With all of today's advanced forms of communication, it's not surprising that you don't send letters as often as you used to. However, you shouldn't throw your old stamps away just yet -- they may be ...
Q: I have thousands of old (most of them 50-plus years old) unsorted canceled postage stamps with most still affixed to the envelope. Is there a charity that might have a use for these? Q: I was given ...
The Royal Mail has set a new date for old stamps to be retired, after which they will no longer work if you stick them to letters and parcels. The old stamps were to cease to be valid from today, ...
A ban on old 'non-barcoded' stamps has been delayed until next summer in a remarkable victory for The Mail on Sunday and letter writers across the UK. The Royal Mail's climbdown also sees forms and ...