A torn envelope bearing a rare 90-cent Abraham Lincoln stamp from 1869 — a Maserati of sorts in stamp-collecting circles — is set for auction next month in New York City. Philatelists had thought the ...

The envelope was sent twice: once on May 2, 1840, and again on May 4, 1840. Sotheby's The first known piece of mail sent with a prepaid, adhesive stamp could sell for as much as $2.5 million.

DeLAND — Most people stick a stamp on an envelope, drop it in the mail and don’t think another thing of it. But find that envelope, stamp intact, in a box at a garage sale 100 years later, and now ...

In total, there are 5,000 leaflets with 4 adhesive stamps and 1,000 commemorative envelopes of the first day of issue ...