You're amazed that some sorehead would intentionally mail a Visa payment without a stamp? That someone would be so peeved at the finance charges he'd figure, "They can make me pay the bill, but they ...

The envelope was sent twice: once on May 2, 1840, and again on May 4, 1840. Sotheby's The first known piece of mail sent with a prepaid, adhesive stamp could sell for as much as $2.5 million.

Ballina's Ray Legge knows that all too well. The 64-year-old has been collecting stamps since he was aged eight and is a member of the Richmond River Philatelic Society. He has about 10,000 stamps, ...