1. How to Start a Stamp Collection
The first thing to do is to once you have decided to become involved in collecting postage stamps - or Philately - is to select a particular area or topic for your collection.
2. History of US postage stamps
Knowing that the US postal service produces quite a number of postage stamps a year, it is expected that most famous postage stamp collectors and enthusiast are from the United States. The United States postage stamps have contributed a lot to po...
3. Holy Stamps Released.
A set of commemorative stamps has been released, to celebrate the "Holy Glory” of the great cathedrals of the UK. They were prompted by complaints from the church for the lack of religious stamps currently issued. It was traditional that Chris...
4. History of Penny Black Stamp
The country every stamp collector wanted to begin was Great Britain, since it was the world's first country to issue adhesive stamps. There are collectors all over the world who want at least one copy of the Penny Black simply because it is the ...
5. Handling Stamps
Many collections of postage stamps, which if properly treated would be valuable, are, instead, merely accumulations worth practically nothing because of improper handling.
6. How the Royal Mail got its name
A friend recently asked me how Royal Mail got its name, and I thought I would share the answer in this article. Royal Mail basically kept its name because it literally started out as the Royal Mail Service.
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7. How to Take Care of Coins
There are collectors that specifically find classic editions of coins that existed during the period from 1892 to 1954. These coins have marked events or may signify the work of royalty during that period. There are those collectors that prefer t...
8. HMS Glasgow error stamp The HMS Glasgow Error is a 6d postage stamp error produced by the Falkland Islands in 1964. It commemorates the 50th anniversary of the 1914 Battle of the Falkland Islands.
9. Hidden Messages On Stamps – Lifeboat Crew .Royal Mail has issued a set of stamps celebrating the bravery of lifeboat crews across the country and were issued on the 13th March. The crew from the Barra Royal National Lifeboat Institute in the western isles are depicted on one of the stamps in...
10. Hawaiian Missionaries
Mail in Hawaii used to be carried by ships with no official postal system in place. However, by 1851, traffic in Hawaii was high enough that the government set up a postal office and established official postal rates.
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Stamp Collecting 
The first thing to do is to once you have decided to become involved in collecting postage stamps - or Philately - is to select a particular area or topic for your collection.
Are you looking to sell your stamps or collectables? We offer a free valuation service, throughout the UK. We guarantee to make an offer on any collection we view.