Newer US Issues

For many years in the property market is has been said that there are three things that influence prices and will insure investors a good return-location, location, location. Similarly, the unstated emphasis in stamp investment has been quality with the suggestion that only the finest examples of each stamp will be a good investment. This…

Unlike many hobbyists, philatelists strive for completion. Button collectors have the same feeling for the artistic quality of their buttons as stamp collectors do of their stamps. But only a few of the collecting hobbies have a canon of catalogs that you collect against and can offer the feeling that you have truly completed what…

One of the things that continues to amaze me is the ever increasing strength of the People’s Republic of China market. Until Nixon’s trip to China in the late 1970’s Americans weren’t even allowed to own these stamps. In the early days, sets that today sell for hundreds could be bought for pennies and even…

In the 1950s and 1960s, large stamp auctions were held much more often than they are today.  Stamp dealers could count on a two thousand lot Harmer’s sale every month along with a good half dozen other decent monthly stamp auctions. And that was only in New York City. Well capitalized dealers would often buy…

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt President Roosevelt was called the “Philatelic President.” During his presidency from 1933 to 1945 he promoted stamp collecting in many ways. Roosevelt had a hand in every stamp issued during his period in office, suggesting some, designing many and giving his final approval on all issues. He arranged for the issuance…