Stamp Collections

Here you can view all Stamp collections.

GB and Commonwealth Stamp collections including box files
 

The first postage stamp, the Penny Black, was issued by Britain in 1840 and pictured a young Queen Victoria. People started to collect stamps almost straight away, most notably John Edward Gray who bought penny black stamps on their first day of issue in order to keep them. Children and teenagers were early collectors of stamps in the 1860s and 1870s. Many adults dismissed it as a childish pursuit but later many of those same collectors, as adults, began to systematically study the available postage stamps and publish books about them. Some stamps such as the triangular issues of the Cape of Good Hope have became legendary.

Today, stamp collecting is one of the world's most popular indoor hobbies.