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One of the world’s rarest stamps, a one-of-a-kind 1856 British Guiana one-cent Magenta, will be auctioned by Sotheby’s in June. The stamp is expected to fetch more than $10 million which would set a new world record and make it the world’s most valuable stamp.The current world record holder is the 1855 Swedish Treskilling Yellow which sold for $2.3 million in 1996. The only one of its type, the stamp was supposed to be green but a printing error rendered it yellow.Printing or perfora …

Antique cast iron toys were all the rage during late 19th and early 20th centuries. Factories began producing the toys in mass quantities during the 1880’s instead of producing war materials. Unlike toys that are created in today’s world, the cast iron toys of the past were made with intricate design details which allowed them to look like miniature versions of their larger counterparts. In those days, each part of the toy was cast separately, then sanded and polished, before e …

Each October is designated “National Stamp Collecting Month” by the United States Postal Service. To help kick off the campaign in 2002, which is intended to get youth interested in stamp collecting, the USPS issued a set of stamps called “American Bats” which featured one of natures most feared and misunderstood creatures…bats. In particular in this set, bats that are found in North America. There are approximately 950 different species of bats worldwide and 45 can be found in …