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Part I Getting the Fundamentals Licked 7 -- Part II Making the Most of Your Moolah 49 -- Part III Stampeding Is a Group Thing 91 -- Part IV Customizing Your Collection 161 -- Part V Protecting Your ...

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, ...

The take-it-with-you collecting resource! At last, a guide you can really carry along to estate sales, garage sales, and flea markets, containing 1,000 color photographs and current pricing to make on ...

It occurred to me recently that while I've expended plenty of ink on coins over these last months, I've give short shrift to stamps. In fact, there was a time when stamps nearly rivaled coins in terms ...

Thematic stamp collecting is booming, offering collectors a way to merge passion with philately. From wildlife to space exploration, these curated collections tell deeply personal stories. Technology ...

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 ...

DEXTER, Mo. -- Webster's Dictionary defines the word "collect" to mean "to accumulate," or to "assemble together." Tony Rushin, indeed, has accumulated and assembled items together. His Dexter home ...

Inside a little store, tucked away in a Costa Mesa strip mall, two sisters walk in on a recent Tuesday morning, seeking some advice. What should they do, they asked the owners of Coast Philatelics, a ...

A freelance reporter in London tries to sell his boyhood stamp collection and takes a journey through memory and vanished nations. Clearing out a closet, roof space or garage can be a chore. Old ...

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 ...