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Surface printed stamps aren’t the first innovation in adhesive stamp history - perforation predates them - but they are the biggest printing innova...

Admiral Lord Nelson is one of the giants of British history. Literally towering in effigy over London’s greatest public space. And still lodged in ...

Britain was first. And that means British stamps have been identified first and foremost just by a royal portrait. No need for a name: no GB, no UK...

The story of the British Empire is like the story of most empires, a story of communications technology. The Egyptian Empire floated down the Nile,...

The most popular, and among the most valuable, rare Madagascar stamp was issued by a country that never (officially) governed Madagascar. How could...

Star Wars collectibles are big business these days. And that’s not just the millions upon millions of new collectibles that are produced for new co...

Charles Dickens memorabilia is extremely desirable and can be very valuable. And it was desirable, if not always valuable, in the author’s lifetime...

Collecting space memorabilia is an older hobby than you might think. If we take in those pioneers who were picking up pieces of meteorites from the...

You don’t know his name. Or do you? Spoiler. You can find it easily enough, we won’t give you the likeliest option here. So if you don’t want to kn...

Maybe the desire to list and rank everything isn’t that healthy. How does one put all of the UK’s monarchs in some sort of order? But, in this case...

If you’re a coin collector you know that rarity is the key to value. And rare coins are, well, unusual. Coins are made to last. And there’s usually...

Babe Ruth is a record breaker once again.  The "called shot" jersey worn by the baseball legend in 1932 has been sold for $24.12 million.  That's a...