philately: stamp collecting news and notes

A place to discuss stamps and postal history with fellow collectors. Looking for further philatelic discussion? Join the philatelic discord server: https://discord.com/invite/mPnGUEC

Sort by: Hot, New, Top

Just got the 250 Year anniversary set for the USPS, love it!

Posted 30th Apr 2026u/fatapolloissexy

Posted 30th Apr 2026u/Rhoward0812

Deutsches Reich 5 Mark - 1902

Posted 29th Apr 2026u/SpaceCommercial5304

Posted 29th Apr 2026u/True-Accident1993

Franked Envelope

Posted 29th Apr 2026u/Rhoward0812

[GIVEAWAY] Soviet & Eastern Bloc Collection (mostly 1970s) from Ukraine

Posted 28th Apr 2026u/Books_Not_Advice

Does this read as soft porous paper to anyone?

Posted 28th Apr 2026u/Ringo1138

Philatelic phone case !

Posted 27th Apr 2026u/Ok-Measurement-2819

Switzerland - Airmail/Pro Aero stamps

Posted 27th Apr 2026u/strandedcat02

Engineering vs. Architecture.

Posted 26th Apr 2026u/Embarrassed_Cap2885

Silver Wedding stamps.

Posted 26th Apr 2026u/True-Accident1993

Scrabble Art (Update)

Posted 26th Apr 2026u/Physical-Emu673

New in my collection. South Africa from 2014

Posted 26th Apr 2026u/HotHorst

More flea market finding.

Posted 26th Apr 2026u/Ambitious_Rabbit3179

Hungary 1970. Lenin

Posted 26th Apr 2026u/Few-Interaction4890

(1774) Letter to future signer of US Constitution just months before he stormed a fort & seized British military supplies

Posted 26th Apr 2026u/rerunderwear

1873, Spain ED 130, Barcelona to Iloilo, Philippines. Scarce on cover with a scarce destination.

Posted 26th Apr 2026u/jmiele31

West Germany 1951 - Elsa Brandström

Posted 25th Apr 2026u/HotHorst

New additions!!!

Posted 24th Apr 2026u/juju_the_human

A beautiful couple of 6 Crazie

Posted 24th Apr 2026u/prosciutto32

Portraits of Women in German Philately

Posted 23rd Apr 2026u/Embarrassed_Cap2885

Pirate king and clown king

Posted 23rd Apr 2026u/Supermiky95

Prussia, black and white 3 silbergrsochen. Need help IDing.

Posted 23rd Apr 2026u/strandedcat02

Posted 23rd Apr 2026u/Ambitious_Rabbit3179

Is this stamp a Scott's #601? The perf on only one side is throwing me off. I'm very new.

Posted 23rd Apr 2026u/StAdelard

Mauritius and Suriname

Posted 22nd Apr 2026u/True-Accident1993

My Dad’s Collection

Posted 22nd Apr 2026u/pthai716

Posted 22nd Apr 2026u/Big-Bit-6984

The incomparable "Caspary - Amundsen - Foxbridge - Cheung - Gross" cover

Posted 21st Apr 2026u/frozenflat

Been a while, still here just about. An interesting selection (I hope) for your enjoyment!

Posted 21st Apr 2026u/Dokky

Totally new to philately but these looked cool!

Posted 20th Apr 2026u/withininus

A splendid Tuscany stamp!

Posted 20th Apr 2026u/prosciutto32

Malta 1965 Definatives FDC

Posted 20th Apr 2026u/mdjdenham

I came across these recently, but really don't know what they are. Any ideas? Likely George V or VI? Insurance for what?

Posted 20th Apr 2026u/Upstairs_Drive_5602

Interrupted mail - damaged in rail car fire

Posted 20th Apr 2026u/rerunderwear

Classic piece of pre-decimal British

Posted 20th Apr 2026u/Brazilian_typewriter

Italian Kingdom stamps.

Posted 20th Apr 2026u/True-Accident1993

A pretty rare Neapolitan stamp!

Posted 19th Apr 2026u/prosciutto32

New in my collection

Posted 19th Apr 2026u/HotHorst

Showing 39 posts out of a possible 50.
11 posts hidden as gallery mode enabled.