Collecting stamps can be as easy as pulling a stamp off an envelope delivered by mail or as complicated as studying historical events to find a particularly rare or coveted one.

When he finally made it home later that night, the 29-year-old stamp collector and stockbroker’s clerk told his wife, Caroline, that postal inspectors were eager to recover 100 unusual stamps ...

Teays became a stamp collector in his 20s after his wife bought him an album for their anniversary. He’s now 77. “I just like ...

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 ...