Stamp collecting may seem like an old-fashioned hobby in a digital age where fewer and fewer things are sent through the mail, but fans say it is not only still popular but in some ways is a pastime ...
What keeps somebody glued to a hobby for 70 years? For Steve Reinhard, 78, who has been happily stuck on stamp collecting for seven decades, the pastime delivers first-class delight. Every tiny sticky ...
Even though he's been collecting stamps for 40 years, Jack Leiby says he doesn't often use them. Mr. Leiby, of Rock Island, was one of a couple dozen philatelists who came toSt. Mary's Catholic Church ...
Even avid collectors will tell you: Stamp collecting is not the flashiest of hobbies. It isn't trendy. It doesn't speed past you at the breakneck pace of a video game or offer the manic energy of a ...
Among the hundreds of people poring over piles and pages of stamps Thursday at the Greater Columbus Convention Center, Leiala Eagleson stood out. The 9-year-old was one of just a few children in ...
BRENTWOOD — Once referred to as the “the hobby of kings and the king of hobbies,” stamp collecting might not be as popular as it once was, but it isn’t a lost art either. Just ask the U.S. Postal ...
Well, no, the 1934 stamp actually featured the well-known Whistler s Mother, but stamps that will be on display Saturday in Stratford are a fine example of what could only be called "Fun with an ...
Editor's note: This is the third story in an ongoing series about interesting hobbies in and around the Norwalk area. If you have an interesting hobby you would like profiled, contact Staff Writer ...
Queen Elizabeth is apparently a keen stamp collector, and her hobby has managed to make her an incredible £100million so far. The monarch is reportedly the proud owner of one of the rarest stamps in ...
What is clear to us all is that stamp issuance since 1950 has been more about marketing to collectors than issuing stamps for postal need. While the Internet has seriously reduced the use of ...
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