With the ascension of King Charles III to the British throne, some commentators have made much of the fact that the new stamp bearing his image features the king without a crown. This is a major break ...
In the 1920s and ’30s, clerks at The Times collected stamps from overseas mail. The postage tells of a fluid world history. By David W. Dunlap In the In Times Past column, David W. Dunlap explores New ...
Captivating Facts Thatll Stick With You Forever: 25 Most Mind Blowing History Facts: Stamps may seem like nothing more than ...
Penny Black, the world’s first postage stamp—one from the first sheet printed—is expected to sell for between £4 million and £6 million (US$5.5 million and US$8.3 million) at an upcoming auction in ...
Brits will have many fond memories of going down to their local park as children to feed the ducks. The simple but pleasant past-time continues to be a popular one, and may even have instilled in us a ...
For the third time in history, the UK’s Royal Mail is honoring a legendary band by issuing a set of stamps. After the Beatles in 2007 and Pink Floyd in 2016, Queen will now be seeing their faces in ...