discovered by a 12-year-old Scottish boy in 1873. It sold for a mind-boggling $9.5 million in 2014. In hopes of deterring counterfeits, the stamp carries the initials of postal clerk Edmond D.

In the 1920s and ’30s, clerks at The Times collected stamps from overseas mail. The postage tells of a fluid world history. By David W. Dunlap In the In Times Past column, David W. Dunlap ...

President Trump proposed bringing the independent service under the Commerce Department purview. That would upend decades of historical independence.

A Wigan borough man is being prosecuted under the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act for allegedly possessing thousands of phoney ...

Collecting stamps can be as easy as pulling a stamp off an envelope delivered by mail or as complicated as studying ...

Old stamps, particularly canceled ones ... While the U.S. has some beautiful stamp designs, other countries' postage is often even more gorgeous. You can get a good-sized bundle for anywhere ...