Undoubtedly, the rarest and most expensive German stamp ever sold at auction is the Baden 9 Kreuzer error stamp. The nitty-gritty of stamp collecting can be as ...

The stamp collection belonging to the late German billionaire businessman Erivan Haub, one of the most celebrated collections of American philately, will be offered in a series of sales, with the ...

Born in February 1901 in Ribnitz, eastern Germany, Max Lichenheim was 7 years old when his father, a collector, gave him a cigar box filled with stamps. Two years later, the youngster had more than ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Half a rare German postage stamp which dates back to 1872 has fetched some 261,000 euros ($347,500) at auction in the southern German town of Bietigheim-Bissingen, a spokeswoman for ...

A recent visit to Germany included a visit to the Michel catalog company to discuss the German and European stamp markets. My discussion with Hans Hohenester, the owner of Schwanberger Verlag GmbH ...

When Karla McCabe was a child in East Germany in the 1970s and ‘80s, she knew her grandfather had been a German soldier in World War II. But exactly what he did during those years was not a topic of ...

Many collectors today wonder if postage stamps are good investments. While some rare and historical stamps have increased in value over the years, the market can be very unpredictable. Factors like ...