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Stamps & collecting
All you need to know about stamp collecting and ordering stamps for your collection
How to get started with stamp collecting and buying stamps online
With Royal Mail’s New to Stamps guide (opens in a new window) you’ll find lots of useful information about stamp collecting including:
- getting started
- choosing your stamps
- albums and mounting techniques
- stamp clubs
Been collecting stamps for a while?
There are all sorts of ways that we can help you enhance your stamp collection.
The Royal Mail’s Advanced Collector guide section has tips and information about all aspects of stamp collecting including:
- news about special editions
- the history of stamp collecting
- stories behind stamps
Read the Royal Mail’s Advanced Collector guide (opens in a new window)
You can also subscribe to the Royal Mail’s monthly magazine The British Philatelic Bulletin (opens in a new window) and The Postmark Bulletin (opens in a new window)
Keep up to date with new issues and collection packs
There are new stamps released throughout the year and details of future editions are published on the Royal Mail website.
Find out about future stamps coming soon (opens in a new window)