Redwood City boasts one of biggest libraries on stamps, postal history in U.S.

ANYONE WHO THINKS that a philatelic library is full of stamps neatly tucked inside small envelopes would be wrong.

The Western Philatelic Library, located in an industrial neighborhood in Redwood City, is not the place to go looking for stamps. But it is the place for researchers who want to find books and monographs about stamps. It’s also a setting to enjoy stamp-related postal displays — an old mailbox, a stamp machine, and collection of silver stamp carrying cases. Philatelic means the study, collection and appreciation of postal stamps and postal history.