It’s always compelling to read about the future of anything of interest to you because it stimulates thought and, in this age of the Internet, lots of on-line blogging and discussion. This can be ...

We are all familiar with the decades long debate about the future of philately or lack thereof. The standard refrain is that we must get more children involved in the hobby. This is a noble sentiment, ...

Philately? If you are a millennial, there is a good chance you used Google to find out that there is a word dedicated to collecting and studying postage stamps. This same search also paints the ...

In this era of the internet, one does not obviously need a postage stamp for the message to travel the distance. Once cherished as the hobby of kings, stamp collection is also losing much of its ...

The first stamp was issued in 1840, the penny black. The penny red replaced it in 1841. In 1864 Georges Herpin coined the the term "philately" which replaced previous terms for a collector of stamps.

Philately may not be a word that trips off too many tongues in Hong Kong, but there are signs that stamp collecting is catching on in this part of the world. Rare stamps can prove a decent hedge ...