What do your Stamps share with the works of Vincent Van Gogh, Picasso, Andy Warhol, and ...

Your Stamps Are Art !

Whether you are new or old to philatelic stamp collecting, you may have never thought the little pieces of philatelic paper hidden away in your stamp album to be art, and even if you have, it may not have been in the context of the type of art that is typically displayed on the walls of museums and private homes.
This portion of this web site asks you as a philatelist to consider whether your philatelic items may have some of the same aesthetics, history, and value of art and whether these characteristics might justify their being brought out of the "closet" to be viewed and displayed as such.

Even if you disagree with the premise that items of philately and Stamps Are Art, we challenge you to reflect upon the care your philatelic items and stamps are presently being given, and whether there might be improvements you could make to match the level of preservation and care given those "big" pieces of paper being cared for by those in the fields of art preservation and art conservation, whether it be during periods of their storage, viewing, or display.

In return for the time and effort you devote to the preservation and care of your philatelic items, your collection will reward and repay in kind with an increase in value, not just from an increased likelihood that it will survive longer (i.e. its rarity), but also via a reduced likelihood that it will be damaged (i.e. the rarity of its condition).
Visit our links to the left to learn more about the effects that paper, plastic, temperature, humidity, visible light, and ultra violet light have on the aesthetics, history, and rarity of your stamp and philatelic art. In doing so you will learn how your stamp care and philatelic care (your use of philatelic preservation techniques) can take advantage of known art preservation and art conservation techniques used by those involved in the preservation of art and conservation of art.