While you might expect some of America's most valuable relics to be items like jewelry or coins, you might be surprised to ...

No first day covers were issued. Hardly anybody bothered to use the stamps, though they bore the images of Ben Franklin and George Washington. Up north in Portland, Maine, postmaster N.

A new set of stamps honors five pivotal American Revolution battlefields across the Northeast as the US prepares for its ...

The other depicted the first U.S. president, George Washington, and cost double the amount. In the years that followed, the stamp collecting hobby emerged. By the late 19th century, a national ...