Undoubtedly, the rarest and most expensive German stamp ever sold at auction is the Baden 9 Kreuzer error stamp. The nitty-gritty of stamp collecting can be as ...

Stamp collecting feels like something your grandpa would wax poetic about, but it's cooler than you think. While the odds that you'll come across one of these record-breakingly rare and valuable ...

America’s most valuable postage stamp sold for nearly $4.4 million on Friday. The 1868 one-cent “Z” Grill was sold as part of the collection owned by “Bond King” Bill Gross, who co-founded asset ...

Wednesday’s auction eclipsed earlier single-stamp auction records for classic and rare U.S. postage stamps. One of two known examples of an 1867 stamp depicting Abraham Lincoln embossed with a “Z ...

An ultra-rare U.S. postage stamp is going under the hammer this summer — and it may fetch as much as $5 million. Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries in New York recently announced that it will be ...

If you've ever come across an old stamp collection and wondered if it might be worth something, you're not alone. Collecting vintage stamps isn't just a charming pastime-it can also uncover hidden ...

The Faceless Angel stamp, pictured left of the correct version. (SWNS/JC Auctions) A Christmas stamp over 50 years old could be sold for over £500 thanks to an unusual printing mishap. The three pence ...

The recent sale of a 1-cent Ben Franklin stamp for $4.4 million, the most expensive U.S. stamp ever sold, again raises for consideration the question, “Are postage stamps good investments?” Certainly ...

Scott Trepel of Seigel Auction Galleries describes the rare "Inverted Jenny" stamp that sold for a record $2 million. A first-class U.S. postage stamp will set you back 66 cents these days, which, you ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The world's rarest postal stamp, the 1856 British Guiana One-Cent Magenta, will go on display at the National Postal Museum in Washington starting in April, the Smithsonian ...

A first-class U.S. postage stamp will set you back 66 cents these days, which, you know, might seem expensive to anyone who remembers cheaper postage. AILSA CHANG, HOST: But a stamp that's more than a ...