I have always thought postage stamps were neat. I admit I'm the ass in the post office line asking if I can see all the current stamps when I get to the counter, so I can pick out the coolest ones. (This, by the way, is unheard of in Australia; I've only found one post office where the lady is nic...
What is it about a not-very-pretty-looking piece of paper not even an inch in size that could make it worth almost $9.5 million? I know very little about the hobby or business of stamp collecting, but even I recognize some of the names who have played a role in the history of The One-Cent Magenta. T...
This book is a collection of old photos from the files of the New York Times. All of New York is here from the last hundred years, including the skyscrapers, the people, the big events. I loved browsing through this seven-hundred-plus page collection of intriguing photographs.