In 1917, Italy issued the world's first airmail stamp. Since then, many other countries have produced creative stamps to move mail through the air.

Great Britain and Jersey introduced new post & go labels Sept. 14, the first day of the autumn Stampex show in London.

The artist who created the most widely reproduced portrait of Queen Elizabeth II in history, Arnold Machin, was honored on a British stamp in 2007.

This long, inexpensive set honoring the English explorer is popular with collectors of British Empire and classic stamps.

Stamps were simple in the Austro-Hungarian Empire even though the empire housed 11 ethnic groups and 18 principal languages.

Canada Post's Community Foundation has granted $6 million to 369 community projects since 2012.

Like the USPS, European administrations have issued definitive stamps this year picturing pears, grapes, and apples.

Lighthouses serve as important symbols on New Zealand stamps that were made for a particular government department.

Although not as widely collected as British and French colonial issues, Spanish colonies have an active and dedicated following.

Canada Post on Sept. 23 unveiled six stamps and a souvenir sheet honoring six great Canadian hockey forwards.

Wayne Chen recently went to Taiwan and visited some of his favorite philatelic destinations in the capital city of Taipei.

A pioneer in the field of electromagnetic field theory, English scientist Michael Faraday was commemorated on a British stamp in 1991.

Sept. 20, 2016, is the 65th birthday of Quebec-born hockey legend Guy Lafleur, who has been honored twice on postage stamps of Canada.

As you perform regular collection maintenance, you might rediscover some forgotten but interesting stamps in your collection.

“Dear Collectors, 2017 is going to be a big year,” Canada Post’s stamp services director recently wrote.

Known as the “Queen of Crime” and the “bestselling novelist of all time,” Christie wrote her first crime novel 100 years ago.

With a set from when Britain controlled Burma after World War II, you can own a great deal of history for very little money.

Anyone interested in older philatelic literary information will love the Crawford philatelic library.

Postnord has signed an agreement with Cartor Security Printing for the production of Swedish and Danish stamps.

Each stamp focuses on a single supernatural site, with images made extra eerie through the use of holographic foil.

Jesus Jimenez Zamora issue offers color proofs, perforation errors, imperforate stamps, overprints, and double perforations.

The market for Russian stamps in some ways resembles the Chinese market in that some items are attractive to investors who aren’t necessarily collectors.

A German artist whose style grew from his admiration of the Italian masters, Anselm Feuerbach lived in Rome for many years, and taught in Vienna.

New Royal Mail stamps illustrate the start, spread, and end of the Great Fire of London like a comic book would.

Three postal administrations closely associated with Mother Teresa issued stamps to commemorate her recent canonization.

Australia Post is issuing its first stamps with the “Norfolk Island” inscription Sept. 23. The stamps feature seabirds.

The bright, vivid colors of autumn are on display on many stamps from around the world issued in recent years.

This Stamp Collecting Basics gives readers a look into why stamps depict certain images, lines, and designs.

A commemorative stamp from Great Britain's Millennium series honors the rock group Queen and pictures lead singer Freddie Mercury.

The 1894 pictorial stamps of North Borneo often are cited as prime examples of efforts to swindle collectors.

In 1916, Sweden released its very first Flag Day poster stamp, which then became a more or less annual issue until they were discontinued in 2005.

Vol. 6 of the 2017 Scott Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue spans countries of the world that begin San-Z.

Also this week, Animal Planet announced when 'The Million Dollar Duck' will debut, and a notable back-of-the-book stamp was profiled.

The set is in demand and selling for full 2016 Scott Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue value or perhaps a bit more.

An exploding population, due in part to the potential for gold mining, contributed to the need for postage stamps in the British colony.