How grade stamps

How to grade your stamps

Fancy joining the pros? Here's a starter guide on how to grade your stamps
Great collections: The classic Mauritian rare stamp collections of Vikram Chand

Great collections: The classic Mauritian rare stamp collections of Vikram Chand

The Singapore businessman's collection is displayed at the British Library and he funds fellow philatelists
5 reasons the Inverted Jenny became the $2 million stamp

5 reasons the Inverted Jenny became the $2 million stamp

In November 2023, a tiny red rectangle of paper sold in a New York auction room for $2 million. In doing so, the Inverted Jenny became the world's ...
The most beautiful set you'll ever own

The most beautiful set you'll ever own

You know something most people don't. It's true. When most people look at stamps they see a means to an end. Something to stick on a letter and fo...
Are these stamps too boring?

Are these stamps too boring?

Here for you is something extremely familiar that you may never see in this form again. If you're my age you've looked at this particular portrait...
Just 43 survive

Just 43 survive

Celebrate Independence Day with 2 wonderful portraits of George Washington, the founding President of the United States. And they're portraits wit...
3 chances to get in below market value

3 chances to get in below market value

Will the African stamp market replicate the Chinese stamp boom?  We could be at the start of something big.  African economies are becoming increa...
Strictly forbidden - and 33% below market value

Strictly forbidden - and 33% below market value

I want you to imagine a door. You walk past it every day. But it's marked “Strictly Forbidden”. And it's always locked. Until one day it isn't. So...
Stamp collecting makes no sense

Stamp collecting makes no sense

It makes no sense.  Some of the world’s most famous and valuable stamps… …They’re not unique. They’re not even that rare.  The Penny Black: Ther...
The most evil stamps in history

The most evil stamps in history

Stamps aren't evil of course.  Not on their own.  But postal systems are a vital part of a state's machinery.  Like telephone lines, roads and rai...
“Don’t miss out on this market catalyst”

“Don’t miss out on this market catalyst”

Rare British Commonwealth Stamp Errors Collection  A major catalyst has led to a spike of interest in one specific area of the stamp market. Price...
The fake stamps you must buy

The fake stamps you must buy

Arrested for stamp collecting?  And all for an overprint.  It was illegal for civilians to own the British government's "IR Official" stamps, over...

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