British souvenir sheet to honor Robert Burns
Royal Mail (the British Post Office) will honor the 250th birth anniversary of Robert Burns on a souvenir sheet to be issued Jan. 22. Burns, regarded as the national poet of Scotland, was born Jan. 25, 1759, in Alloway, Ayrshire, Scotland.
Black ink omitted on 2003 Snowy Egret coil
Multiple black-ink-omitted United States 37¢ Snowy Egret coil stamps (Scott 3829) came to light in late 2008, nearly four years after the stamps were purchased.
Court rejects sculptor's suit over Korean War memorial stamp
A Vermont sculptor failed in his bid to force the United States Postal Service to pay him a 10 percent royalty on profits it made by using his work in the design of the 37¢ Korean War Veterans Memorial stamp (Scott 3803) issued in 2003.
Union head defends PMG's pay; holiday mail volume down
Postmaster General John E. "Jack" Potter's pay has created a lot of furor on a number of postal web sites. But two days before Christmas, the president of the nation's largest postal union made it clear he won’t be joining in the debate.
Chinese error stamps offered
The China Stamp Society is selling four expertized examples of the 1912 Chinese Imperial Post $1 Wild Goose error stamp with inverted Statistical Department overprint (Scott 158a). The stamps are from the Henry Nyi collection. There are only 10 known examples of the stamp, and at one time, Nyi owned six of them.
Linn's 2008 U.S. Stamp Popularity Poll
Vote now to choose your favorite (and least favorite) U.S. stamps of 2008.
Oregon Post Offices
When the 42¢ Oregon Statehood stamp is issued Jan. 14, 2009, all 326 Oregon post offices will provide a pictorial first-day cancel.