The first stamp was created in Great Britain on May 1, 1840. It wouldn't take long for people to start collecting them. Just one year later, a woman placed an ad in the London Times seeking ...

Britain's most expensive stamp collection is being sold - and is expected to fetch up to £12M. The unique set includes the largest surviving block of unused Penny Blacks and has been dubbed the ...

“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 ...