Yet perhaps only those who treasure the romance of the postage stamp might more readily succumb to the melodrama’s thrills and spills. Biltmore Theatre, 261 W. 47th St. (212) 239-6200.

Of course, when I woke up and my dreamy head cleared, I realised that in all likelihood the Museum never used wax seals. The invention of the automatic envelope folding machine in the 1840s, followed ...

Konstantin Balter took the time to examine the envelope and the stamps. First, he said, the small plastic folders that hold two of the stamps were not invented until after 1945.