Condition is the most important factor in determining the price and fair value of a stamp. Collectors are obsessed with quality. When buying a stamp for investment, few compromises are acceptable ...

Every Friday night, while my dad watched the Gillette Friday Night Fights from Madison Square Garden on our 19-inch, black and white, RCA TV bought with Blue Chip Stamps, my mother would sit at the ...

Thinking about a different way to invest your money? If you’ve ever had an interest in starting a stamp collection, now is an opportune time to enter the field, say Chicago-area stamp collectors and ...

Remember the five-year, 50-stamp series marking the 50th anniversaries of World War II events? The U.S. Postal Service went to great lengths from 1991 through 1995 to produce and promote the ...

Collecting postage stamps is the most universal hobby on earth precisely because stamps are spread into every corner of the world as a by-product of their purpose, the sending of a message or product ...