He began collecting stamps at the age of 8 ... The 130 artworks and Eliot Elisofon Archives photographs feature familiar, unusual and even fantastical animals, including the Chi Wara—a mythical ...

Why? A good guess is that stamp collecting, or philately, was seen as a splendid way for young people — like newspaper clerks — to learn history by osmosis. The Times’s album testifies to ...

The collection has honored a man one year ... responsible for scores of hits across multiple genres." The stamp includes a ...