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 ...

Stamp collecting — often called philately — is one of the most rewarding and timeless hobbies you can undertake. It allows you to journey through history, geography, art and culture, all within the ...

Many collectors today wonder if postage stamps are good investments. While some rare and historical stamps have increased in value over the years, the market can be very unpredictable. Factors like ...

What do the Rolling Stones' Ronnie Wood, the Queen and tennis player Maria Sharapova have in common? Along with an increasing number of British investors, they collect stamps. With uncertainty hanging ...

What prized possession, the singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor was recently asked, would she grab if she had to abandon her house at a few minutes' notice? "I'd save my photographs first," she replied – so ...

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 ...