Instead of portraits of the queen, Britain is getting kings and queens of sports. The Royal Mail is has been busy paying tribute to the country's Olympians in the last two weeks with special issue ...

June 9 - Royal Mail have announced a series of celebratory first class stamps of Team GB's greatest moments during the summer Games which will be ready less than 24 hours after each win – creating ...

Here's a golden chance, literally, for the philatelists to add glitter to their hobby of stamp collection. In a novel move, the Postal department has introduced the stamps made of gold for the stamp ...

Team GB's first gold medal winners at the London 2012 Olympics are being honoured with special stamps less than 24 hours after victory in their events. Helen Glover and Heather Stanning made history ...

Collecting postage stamps is the most universal hobby on earth precisely because stamps are spread into every corner of the world as a by-product of their purpose, the sending of a message or product ...

GREENWICH — An effort that originated in Greenwich to honor military families with a postage stamp has taken a major legislative step forward. U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) has officially ...

I refer to the letter by R. B. Blanche headlined 'Gold stamps nothing more than a gimmick' (South China Morning Post, September 5). Mr Blanche said the gold- and silver-foil stamp sheetlets issued by ...

Etienne Stott and Tim Baillie took the gold in the men's canoe slalom at the Lee Valley Water Centre Stamps featuring Great Britain's gold medal winners from day six of the Olympic Games have gone ...

The Royal Mail stamps honour Etienne Stott and Tim Baillie's victory in the men's canoe slalom and Peter Wilson's double trap shooting triumph. Another features cyclist Philip Hindes, Jason Kenny and ...