Postage Stamps
How To... Get the best out of investing in rare stamps
Buying stamps can be an exhilarating experience - when done right. Here's what you need to know:
Stamp block that 'made Japan see red' sells for $1.15m World Record price
Chairman Mao's Inscription to Japanese Worker Friends led Interasia's spectacular sale, this week
Learned bidders spot the worth of $30,000 Board of Education stamp
The rare British collectible sold at Spink, alongside an excellent Mafia Island overprint
Extremely rare Hong Kong Marine Sorter cover could deliver $20,000
Siegel's New York sale of the Gordon Eubanks collection is offering more than one exceptional lot
'Extremely fine' $85,000 1c blue stamp leads Matthew Bennett's US auction
This fresh and bright issue, with great colour and large margins, should prove irresistable to collectors
Great collections... Revealing the stamp collection of Maurice Burrus
Here's a look back at the magnificent stamp collection of the legendary French philatelist
Siegel's rare stamps sale offers near-unique block of a great American classic
The final part of Jerry Wagshal's collection, the Perforated 1c 1857-60 issue, is up for sale
How this little Monkey stamp sold for nearly three times its estimate...
China's Year of the Monkey stamps bring six figure sums - but that doesn't mean you can't own one
The sky really is the limit: Our top five rare airmail stamps
On the day the first airmail delivery was made in 1918, we look at some classics of airborne philately
Stamps auction boasts 'one of the greatest' Nova Scotian covers
A $60,000 bid is expected for this rare and sought-after 1858 one shilling purple quadrisect
British £5 Orange rarity leads Essex Stamp Auctions' first sale of 2011
Issues from China, Brazil, Russia and the Commonwealth will also star in this month's auction
This $400,000 cover from Mauritius could be David Feldman's latest triumph
The 'Crown Jewel of Philately' will go under the hammer in New York in three weeks' time
