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US Stamps
Sep 18, 2020, 8 AMInside Linn’s: Virtual Stamp Show offered much to FDC collectors
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US Stamps
Sep 17, 2020, 10 AMIllustrated mail cover shows a slice of Chicago history
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World Stamps
Sep 17, 2020, 9 AMAAPE single-frame Champion of Champions competition goes online
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World Stamps
Sep 16, 2020, 11 AMCanada Post continues semipostal series with new stamp Sept. 21
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World Stamps
Sep 20, 2020, 11 AMFrance issuing tracking stamps in booklet of nine Oct. 19
The stamps are nondenominated, paying the green-letter (second-class) rate, currently €0.97. The green domestic rate travels only by ground transportation. -
US Stamps
Sep 19, 2020, 12 PMPhilatelic company serves up apology on 1967 meter stamp
The company could have been behind in its shipments because business was really good or because it was inefficient. We will never know. -
Auctions
Sep 18, 2020, 2 PMKelleher’s Oct. 7 auction offers Central and South America
The sale comprises more than 500 lots, including a significant selection of country collections. -
US Stamps
Sep 18, 2020, 8 AMInside Linn’s: Virtual Stamp Show offered much to FDC collectors
Also this week, recalling how the USPS made it easier to buy the 1983 $9.35 Eagle Express Mail stamp, and sorting through a sample of worldwide stamps that reveals an issue with an unusual shape. -
US Stamps
Sep 17, 2020, 10 AMIllustrated mail cover shows a slice of Chicago history
This cover brings to the modern era a bit of Chicago’s past that might otherwise be consigned to the dustbin of history. -
World Stamps
Sep 17, 2020, 9 AMAAPE single-frame Champion of Champions competition goes online
This is the first time a major North American exhibiting award will be determined in a virtual competition. -
World Stamps
Sep 16, 2020, 11 AMCanada Post continues semipostal series with new stamp Sept. 21
The semipostal stamp features an illustration by Isabelle Arsenault, an award-winning illustrator of children’s books. -
Postal Updates
Sep 16, 2020, 10 AMA call for taxpayer funding of the U.S. Postal Service
Congressional appropriations for the U.S. Postal Service were phased out by the 1980s. -
Postal Updates
Sep 16, 2020, 10 AMUSPS board of governors criticized for how it selected DeJoy as PMG
The hearing by the Subcommittee on Government Operations was the latest effort by House Democrats to paint DeJoy as a crony of the president whose selection avoided the normal vetting and background checks. -
World Stamps
Sep 16, 2020, 8 AMNew South Wales issued world’s first semipostals
The 1897 New South Wales semipostals commemorated the diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria.
