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Dec 7, 2018, 9 AMAn attractive engraved bicolor classic: Week's Most Read
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US Stamps
Dec 6, 2018, 2 PMFirst issue dates for U.S. 2019 stamps revealed
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Postal Updates
Dec 4, 2018, 8 PMTrump’s task force on USPS report targets labor costs, corporate structure
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World Stamps
Dec 4, 2018, 9 AMAustria’s typographed Emperor Franz Josef definitives
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US Stamps
Dec 10, 2018, 9 AMCartoon caption contest winners for Support Our Youth stamp
A major theme for the November cartoon caption contest featuring the 1968 6¢ Support Our Youth commemorative was the ways in which support might be given. -
US Stamps
Dec 10, 2018, 8 AMChristmas fantasy stamp on a Dec. 25 fantasy cover
At first glance, the featured cover in U.S. Stamp Notes looks genuine, but a closer look reveals that it, too, is an artfully created fantasy, designed to be used as a Christmas card. -
US Stamps
Dec 7, 2018, 11 AMTrial color plate proofs of 1861: Inside Linn's
Also in the Dec. 24 issue are articles about Jordan overprinting stamps for use in Palestine and stamps with connections to Kalmykia, Europe’s only Buddhist majority nation. -
US Stamps
Dec 7, 2018, 9 AMAn attractive engraved bicolor classic: Week's Most Read
New Scott catalog number listings for the United States and a tip about a bicolor classic stamp were our top stories over the past week. -
US Stamps
Dec 6, 2018, 2 PMFirst issue dates for U.S. 2019 stamps revealed
The United States Postal Service has announced issue dates for five of its stamps or stamp sets planned for early 2019. -
Postal Updates
Dec 4, 2018, 8 PMTrump’s task force on USPS report targets labor costs, corporate structure
The Task Force on the United States Postal System created last April at the behest of President Donald J. Trump publicly released its report to the president on Dec. 4. -
World Stamps
Dec 4, 2018, 9 AMAustria’s typographed Emperor Franz Josef definitives
Our tipsters highlight a set of four definitive stamps that is surprisingly difficult to find without faults and in very fine grade. -
Auctions
Dec 4, 2018, 9 AMFlagship Kelleher auction features 20th-century American rarity
Sale opens Dec. 18 with Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Europe and colonies, plus Asia, Africa, Latin America and worldwide airmail postal history. -
Auctions
Dec 4, 2018, 9 AMRumsey sales set for Dec. 10-12
The San Francisco firm plans two auctions featuring U.S. and worldwide rarities, along with general foreign stamps and postal history. -
US Stamps
Dec 4, 2018, 8 AMCaption A Charlie Brown Christmas stamp
The stamp picturing Linus, Charlie Brown and his rather threadbare Christmas tree (Scott 5028) will be the cartoon caption contest stamp for December.
