Plans for the upcoming Feb. 23, 1959, release of a 5¢ Canadian stamp honoring the 50th anniversary of the nation's first powered flight were reported on the front page of Linn's issue of Jan. 19, 1959.
In his editorial, George W. Linn wrote about stamp thefts and "the production of spurious postage stamps." Linn also published a letter from Charles Crastenberg, president of the American Philatelic Society, which described the formation of an APS stamp theft committee that would include Linn, Henry M. Spelman and Herman Herst Jr.
Dealer Gustave H. Fabian of Hempstead, N.Y., advertised mint singles of United States Scott C15, the $2.40 Zeppelin Passing Globe stamp of 1930, for $70. Today, a mint, never-hinged single catalogs at $1,275.