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It's not uncommon to see entire US stamp collections up for sale or auction these days, because it can take too much work (and knowledge) to break them up and sell them piecemeal. However, since most US stamps are not rare (millions were printed), most collections that come to market are not worth what their owners wish they were. With collections, you can't judge a book by its cover - you have to look item by item and see very specifically what the collection consists of.
Like many collectors, I collected when I was a child, and then I became interested again in the ‘90s. I thi… [more]
I have a stamp collection, but I don’t consider myself a collector. I have a collection of my initials on s… [more]
My father was a stamp collector, and I just took to it. He was perfectly happy to mentor me, so I began colle… [more]
Bob Allen's beautiful and well organized catalog of US stamps from 1847 to 1970 is a fantastic resource for all US … [read review or visit site]
Richard Frajola's incredibly rich database of over 11,000 U.S. and foreign 19th Century postal stamp covers. This s… [read review or visit site]
Post Office in Paradise showcases Hawaiian postal history from the years before Hawaii became a part of the United … [read review or visit site]
This creative website is essentially a giant glossary of stamp collecting, 'from advertising covers through Zeppeli… [read review or visit site]
Don Schilling's long-running, in-depth blog on stamp collecting and postal operations. Schilling stays up on all th… [read review or visit site]
If you're into postal history or collectibles, check out the Smithsonian's National Postal Museum. This extensive s… [read review or visit site]
Bob Hohertz's impressive database of U.S. Private Die Proprietary stamps from the Civil War and Spanish American Wa… [read review or visit site]
This auction house site offers an extensive online database of US stamp information. Includes PDF catalogs of past … [read review or visit site]
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$40000-$50000); a single-owner lifetime stamp collection; and horse racing trophies and other items relating to the late jockey Willie Shoemaker,...Read more
Haimann, who at age 24 is considered something of the wunderkind of the stamp collecting world and is employed by the Smithsonian Institution's National...Read more
This week marks the beginning of the food bank's Holiday Meal Drive, an annual push for collections during a particularly important time of year...Read more
award-winning Web site Arago, “The Lost Symbol on US Postage Stamps,” inspired by Dan Brown's latest novel, “The Lost Symbol.” The collection can be viewed...Read more
We hope either to attract private collectors or, more probably, investors from the large-scale projects like the museums being built here...Read more
But it's not all that rare or valuable...there were 68-million printed, so many survived and stamp collectors, even in these early days, often put away...Read more
Revenue collection from stamp duty and property registration has been growing steadily over the past decade. The growth, sometimes, has been such that the...Read more
A highlight of his British North America collection is a mint condition 1851 Canadian 12 pence denomination black stamp depicting a young Queen Victoria of...Read more
