It’s always compelling to read about the future of anything of interest to you because it stimulates thought and, in this age of the Internet, lots of on-line blogging and discussion. This can be ...

We are all familiar with the decades long debate about the future of philately or lack thereof. The standard refrain is that we must get more children involved in the hobby. This is a noble sentiment, ...

Nonfungible tokens are being used to reinvigorate postage stamp collecting in Austria and the Netherlands. Philately? If you are a millennial, there is a good chance you used Google to find out that ...

Philately may not be a word that trips off too many tongues in Hong Kong, but there are signs that stamp collecting is catching on in this part of the world. Rare stamps can prove a decent hedge ...

The first stamp was issued in 1840, the penny black. The penny red replaced it in 1841. In 1864 Georges Herpin coined the the term "philately" which replaced previous terms for a collector of stamps.

Vedant Sukhani — from the family of the oldest philatelic dealers in India — holds forth on the business of stamp collecting There are hobbies, and then there are the hobbies. Marked by that distinct, ...

On 7/10/22, the FT headlines read “US says ‘nothing off table’ in response to Opec+ oil cuts”. The recent invasion of Ukraine by Russia has sent oil prices soaring, dragged the global economy to the ...

The charm of letter writing is fading away, but philately, once perceived as a hobby, no longer remains just a collectors’ delight. Stamps known for their antique value and history are now being ...