Stamp collecting may seem like an old-fashioned hobby in a digital age where fewer and fewer things are sent through the mail, but fans say it is not only still popular but in some ways is a pastime ...
Editor's note: This is the third story in an ongoing series about interesting hobbies in and around the Norwalk area. If you have an interesting hobby you would like profiled, contact Staff Writer ...
Even though he's been collecting stamps for 40 years, Jack Leiby says he doesn't often use them. Mr. Leiby, of Rock Island, was one of a couple dozen philatelists who came toSt. Mary's Catholic Church ...
John Leszak got hooked when he was a little kid, like most stamp collectors. In his case, you might say there was a bit of divine intervention. “The Sisters of Mercy got me started in 1963,” Leszak ...
A recent Monday, 11:34 p.m.: After finishing his $2 lunch at the Russian American Community Services center, Julius Mansbach sifted through an envelope of stamps he had just received from his contacts ...
King Charles, 74, may be the son and heir of the late Queen Elizabeth, but that doesn’t mean they have everything in common — for example, a love of one of his mother’s favorite pastimes, stamp ...
BRENTWOOD — Once referred to as the “the hobby of kings and the king of hobbies,” stamp collecting might not be as popular as it once was, but it isn’t a lost art either. Just ask the U.S. Postal ...
Building a collection has been a popular hobby for generations for many reasons but the main one? Well, who doesn’t love a treasure hunt? Serious collectors have a lifelong treasure hunt ahead of them ...