In the old days, you had to go to the post office or pay a service high monthly fees in order to get stamps. The USPS website is helping to make stamps easy!

Although it only ran for 18 months, the Pony Express captured the hearts of many who heard of it.

Ever wonder how, before stamps and postal services, mail was delivered?

Stamp tongs are one of the most essential tools for every stamp collector. Do not confuse stamp tongs with ordinary tweezers. Tongs are specially designed for the safe handling of your stamps. Using ordinary tweezers can damage your stamps.

For a look at all of Britain´s stamps, visit the National Postal Museum.

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Many hobbies require a lot of expensive equipment and supplies to begin with. This is not so with stamp collecting. The principal tools the beginning stamp collector needs are simple and inexpensive to acquire. Here is a description of the most commonly used stamp collecting equipment and supplies t

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The very first stamp issued was the penny black, put out in 1840 in Great Britain.

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