The valuation of any item is subject to a variety of factors some of which appear universal and others which are unique to the product. This is true for investment grade postage stamps but, to make a ...

There is signifant evidence that postage stamps are not just a good investment, but also, an investment with positive features found in securities or other better known instruments for the growth and ...

Stamp collecting isn’t what it used to be. The hobby once rooted in collectors’ homes and schools and in small stamp shops scattered around the country is now grounded on the Internet. These changes ...

The “king of hobbies” is changing. Once the domain of hobbyists trying to complete their collections, stamp collecting has shifted to investors seeking individual collectible stamps worth money. With ...

For those passionate about the history and significance of stamps, investing in stamps can be more than a fulfilling hobby, offering substantial long-term returns. While stamp collecting and investing ...

Simply sign up to the Investments myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Stamp collecting is sharpening its quiet image and now becoming a pastime for savvy investors. One of the most ...

When Austin Marks was 10, his dad gave him a beginner's stamp album and poured out a big pile of stamps on the table. "I sifted through them, stamp by stamp," he recalls, and found the ones that ...

While growing up in a village in Singapore, Richard Tan and his brothers used to rummage through their neighbours' rubbish bins looking for discarded letters. They wanted the foreign stamps on the ...