this unique piece was produced during a stamp shortage in British Guiana. Only one copy is known to exist, discovered by a 12-year-old Scottish boy in 1873. It sold for a mind-boggling $9.5 ...

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 ...

Royal Mail is marking the 60th anniversary of the British rock band The Who with a set of 12 stamps, which feature ... a ballet production in the UK next year. Sadler's Wells Theatre in Islington ...

The Royal Mail is celebrating the 250th anniversary of the British Museum by releasing six new stamps featuring historical images. Shot by fashion photographer Graeme Montgomery, the British ...