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US Stamps
Mar 20, 2019, 9 AMBe aware of fakes before buying this Franklin stamp
Our tipsters offer sound advice for collectors looking to buy the 1910 1¢ green Benjamin Franklin horizontal coil stamp with gauge 8½ vertical perforations. -
US Stamps
Mar 20, 2019, 9 AMPlymouth, Mich., show celebrates 50th anniversary April 13-14
The Plymouth Show stamp exhibition is the largest annual event in Michigan for postage stamp and postal history collectors. -
World Stamps
Mar 19, 2019, 9 AMFrance honors Concorde flight anniversary on stamp
La Poste's new issue marks the 50th anniversary of the supersonic passenger aircraft's maiden flight March 2, 1969, from Toulouse, France. -
Postal Updates
Mar 19, 2019, 9 AMUniversal Postal Union plans postal regulation conference
The conference comes in the wake of last year’s announcement by President Donald J. Trump that the United States will withdraw from the UPU after 144 years of membership. -
US Stamps
Mar 18, 2019, 2 PMMarvin Gaye honored April 2 on USPS Music Icons stamp
The stamp design features an oil-on-panel painting by Kadir Nelson “inspired by historic photographs,” according to the Postal Service. -
US Stamps
Mar 18, 2019, 2 PMAugust Dietz Sr. created essays for U.S. stamps
A look at two essays created by the “father of Confederate philately.” -
US Stamps
Mar 18, 2019, 2 PM‘Little Mo’ Connolly Brinker stamp ceremony details
The United States forever stamp honoring history-making tennis star Maureen Connolly Brinker will be issued April 23 in Dallas, Texas. -
World Stamps
Mar 15, 2019, 8 AMComputer-related stamps from around the world: Inside Linn’s
Also this week, a column from Dollar-Sign Stamps writer Charles Snee, and Kitchen Table Philately mixture of 110 foreign, off paper stamps. -
US Stamps
Mar 15, 2019, 8 AMU.S. stamps for Sesame Street and more: Week’s Most Read
This week’s top story is the surprise addition of three new sets of USPS stamps to the 2019 program. -
Auctions
Mar 14, 2019, 10 AMU.S., worldwide material in H.R. Harmer April auction
The auction scheduled for April 4-6 in Costa Mesa, Calif., includes United States, British Commonwealth and worldwide stamps, covers, collections and accumulations. -
World Stamps
Mar 14, 2019, 8 AMUmbrella represents protection on Slovakian stamp
The new stamp commemorates Slovakia's chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. -
World Stamps
Mar 13, 2019, 12 PMGermany issues two Celestial Events stamps
Photos of a rainbow fragment and a sun mirage are pictured on these new German stamps. -
US Stamps
Mar 13, 2019, 11 AMIssue dates revealed for upcoming U.S. new issues
The United States Postal Service has revealed issue dates for three previously announced stamps and sets for 2019. -
US Stamps
Mar 13, 2019, 9 AMCeremony update for U.S. Post Office Murals stamps
The April 10 first-day ceremony for the United States Post Office Murals set of five stamps will take place at the main post office in Piggott, Ark. -
World Stamps
Mar 13, 2019, 8 AMRoyal Mail apologizes for raising rate above price cap
The upcoming second-class stamp rate hike breaches Ofcom's regulatory price cap for a week; Royal Mail will donate revenue realized from the error to charity. -
World Stamps
Mar 12, 2019, 1 PMLook for these 1938 Danzig Ships semipostal stamps
The set is a good buy in unused hinged condition at around $7 and in mint never-hinged condition at $25 to $30. -
US Stamps
Mar 12, 2019, 11 AMU.S. stamps for Sesame Street, Tyrannosaurus rex, Halloween
The United States stamp program for 2019 just grew by 24 stamps with the surprise addition of three new sets. -
World Stamps
Mar 12, 2019, 9 AMExpressions of rain on new Irish stamp
An Post's new stamp celebrating the country's weather is titled "A Stamp for Ireland." -
Auctions
Mar 12, 2019, 9 AMPostiljonen auction March 29-30 offers Nordic rarities, worldwide
The March 29-30 auction from the Swedish firm Postiljonen consists of a general sale that features stamps and postal history of Scandinavia and worldwide, and a specialized catalog for part 6 of the Gummesson grand prix d’honneur collection of Finland. -
World Stamps
Mar 12, 2019, 9 AMVietnam's Trump-Kim summit stamp
Vietnam commemorated the Hanoi summit between President Donald J. Trump and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un on a postage stamp issued Feb. 26.