The first stamp was created in Great Britain on May 1, 1840. It wouldn't take long for people to start collecting them. Just one year later, a woman placed an ad in the London Times seeking ...

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Royal Mail Writer Richard Curtis said he was "very amused and delighted" to see his creation on the stamps "It's a great relief for ... "The entire team behind Britain's leading situation tragedy ...

A new stamp issue for the Falkland Islands and Ascension Island has been announced by Pobjoy Mint, commemorating the Battle of Britain and Churchill’s “Few”. At the start of 2010 ...