The Universal Postal Union (UPU) now also owns two other Victorian stamps, the Penny Red and the Two Pence Blue, as well as an envelope bearing the Penny Black and cancelled on 22 July 1840 ...

More specifically, philately deals with the collecting and studying of postage and imprinted stamps. The first stamps appeared in 1840 in Great Britain. Up until then it was the custom for the ...

Many collectors today wonder if postage stamps are good investments. While some rare and historical stamps have increased in ...

Special Counsel Jack Smith has been accused of using a last-minute pre-election scandal to influence voters, as he has been ...

King Charles becomes the seventh monarch to appear on stamps - Queen Victoria was the first, in 1840, when her profile was shown on a "Penny Black". The price rise of stamps took effect as a ...

Its holdings contain approximately 10,000 volumes published before 1840 in the fields of physical and cultural ... photographs and many auction and stamp catalogues. Major archival holdings include ...

King Charles becomes the seventh monarch to appear on stamps - Queen Victoria was the first, in 1840, when her profile was shown on a "Penny Black". The picture of Queen Victoria used on the first ...

The United States Postal Service (USPS) recently announced it will not be increasing stamp prices at the start of next year. Following a recommendation put forth by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy ...

Canada Post is proposing an increase to regulated postage rates next year, bringing the price of most stamps up by 25 cents to $1.24. The organization says it has kept letter mail rate increases ...

Ft. Atkinson, IOWA (KWWL) - Over 900 students are at the Fort Atkinson Preserve, to learn what a 'school day' looked like in the 1840s. 'School Day' is a long-standing tradition, that teaches ...

1st class stamps now cost £1.65 (Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images) The cost of a first class stamp is set to increase by 30p next month and will cost £1.65, Royal Mail has announced. First class ...

Late Irish musicians Sinéad O'Connor, Shane MacGowan, Séamus Begley and Christy Dignam will all be celebrated on a new collection of four special stamps. An Post has unveiled the black and white ...