


How to Care for your Stamps
The first and most important thing stamp collectors are told is simple: DO NOT TOUCH THE STAMPS Fingerprints may never be the same, but one […]

Different formats of Stamps
Stamps are collected in various formats and are are found singly, in pairs, in threes, in blocks, in strips and in coils. The words Sheets and […]

Baby Steps
So, it’s been about 2 weeks since the inauguration of our website. So far it’s been interesting, very hectic, a major learning curve, and a little […]

Stamp Condition Terminology
As this is a very technical area of stamp collecting, I have made use of the information obtained from two websites and I wish to […]


The History of The Richter Stamp Collection
THE BEGINNING – WHERE DID IT ALL START??? In 1965 Nonno Giordano died and left his stamp collection to his 3 grandchildren. The two boys […]



The Beginning
So this is really exciting… As a family, we have decided to sort, catalogue and showcase my family’s stamp collection on a dedicated website created […]