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 ...
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The British Penny Black, the world’s first pre-paid postage stamp, was issued in May 1840 but the excitement ...
Following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the nation will be undergoing a dramatic change across its currency, flags and even stamps. Those with rare Queen stamps could see their value skyrocket in ...
Two of the most coveted items in stamp-collecting and one of the world’s rarest coins could fetch a combined $37 million when they go under the hammer in New York next week. The three collectibles – a ...
An absentee ballot was mailed with what may have been a rare stamp worth as much as $200,000, the famous Inverted Jenny, but the envelope is in a box that by law can't be opened. Broward County ...
Some of the rarest and most valuable UK stamps and coins have been revealed – and some are worth over half a million pounds. Just this spring, a rare 50p coin found washed up on the beach went on to ...
The biggest theft in stamp-collecting history appears on the verge of being solved. And the Oakland stamp dealer who was its victim couldn't be happier. Four years ago, a thief swiped a $2 million ...
ON JUNE 17th the British Guiana One-Cent Magenta stamp, the only surviving example of a penny issue printed in the South American British colony in 1856, will go under the hammer at Sotheby’s, a large ...