You can learn a lot about history from a tiny postage stamp. A mint condition sheet of 90-year-old Graf Zeppelin air mail stamps depicts the German airship that carried passengers between the United ...

History can be a fascinating subject. A little knowledge of history stretched too far can make a guy think he knows something he doesn’t. Case in point: I heard mention about the first U.S. postage ...

Penny Black, the world’s first postage stamp—one from the first sheet printed—is expected to sell for between £4 million and £6 million (US$5.5 million and US$8.3 million) at an upcoming auction in ...

The United States Postal Service has unveiled that its new Black Heritage stamp will be of Phillis Wheatley, who is believed ...

Considering how significantly the use of regular mail service has decreased in the last years, it’s hard to imagine that a square-inch stamp once inspired hostility. But it did. Many stamps have ...

We would think the tradition of U.S. holiday postage stamps would be centuries old but that is not the case. The U.S. Post Office Department issued its first Christmas stamp in Pittsburgh, Penn., on ...

A postage stamp is a small but mighty canvas, sealing history onto every envelope with a historic image, vibrant ink and adhesive. When these miniature tributes bring to our everyday lives the leaders ...

People have many diverse hobbies to amuse themselves during their spare time. I have many hobbies -- model railroading, collecting recorded music, and stamp collecting. Philately, the collection and ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The United States Postal Service is now offering a passport to visit space exploration history.

A display of postage stamps featuring prominent figures in Black history and culture is on display this month at St. Paul AME Church in Lima. LIMA — Their likenesses have traversed the nation, thanks ...

Ten years after his death, the U.S. Postal Service is putting a well-deserved focus on New Orleans music legend Allen Toussaint by honoring him with a postage stamp in its 2025 Black Heritage series.