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    Feb 1, 2023, 11:30 AM

    SheBelieves Cup in Orlando, Fla., to host Feb. 16 first day for Women’s Soccer forever stamp

    USPS art director Antonio Alcala designed the stamp using an original graphic image created by artist Noah MacMillan.

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    Jan 30, 2023, 11:30 AM

    Arizona Federation of Stamp Clubs presents Aripex in Mesa, Feb. 17-19

    Aripex will include a bourse (sales area) with 47 tables. The United States Postal Service will have a booth at the show.

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    Jan 27, 2023, 12:00 PM

    Nominations open for Smithsonian philatelic achievement award

    The Smithsonian philatelic achievement award was established in 2002 to honor and celebrate living individuals for outstanding lifetime achievement in the field of philately.

  • united-states-1969-precanceled-christmas-stamps
    Jan 27, 2023, 08:30 AM

    Precanceled 1969 Christmas stamp FDCs offer a challenge

    The stamp was precanceled locally in four cities: Atlanta, Ga.; Baltimore, Md.; Memphis, Tenn., and New Haven, Conn.

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    Jan 26, 2023, 12:00 PM

    American Topical Association offers postcard exhibiting workshop

    Participants in the workshop receive reference guides, a bibliography and a digital book on photo postcards.

  • august-derleth-sac-prairie-saga-cinderella
    Jan 26, 2023, 10:00 AM

    Inside Linn’s: The story behind author August Derleth’s cinderella

    Also this week, uncovering an error about the beginning of M-Bag mailing rates, and a Linn’s reader seeks additional information about a label inscribed “Freeland Islands.”

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    Jan 26, 2023, 08:00 AM

    Tagging-omitted errors found on 2019 Flag, 2022 Love stamps

    Both of these new tagging-omitted errors will be listed in the 2024 Scott Specialized Catalogue of United States Stamps and Covers.

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    Jan 25, 2023, 13:00 PM

    Strap on your hockey skates for the February cartoon caption contest

    There will be two prizes given to the winners: one for the best philatelic line and one for the best nonphilatelic line.

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    Jan 25, 2023, 10:15 AM

    2025 Great American Stamp Show in Illinois

    The show will take place Aug. 14-17, 2025, at the Schaumburg Convention Center.

  • united-states-2013-jenny-invert-box-set
    Jan 25, 2023, 08:00 AM

    Big value increase for Jenny Invert box set

    The box set is noted but not listed or valued in the Scott Specialized Catalogue of United States Stamps and Covers.

  • united-states-2022-flag-coil-stamp-plate-number-p2222
    Jan 23, 2023, 11:45 AM

    New plate number discovered on U.S. 2022 Flag coil

    For the second time in two months, a new plate number for an existing United States coil stamp has been discovered.

  • 1929-christmas-seal-air-delivery-overprint
    Jan 23, 2023, 08:15 AM

    Update on 1929 Christmas seal with ‘Air Delivery’ overprint

    The Spring 2022 issue of Seal News, the journal of the Christmas Seal and Charity Stamp Society, included a two-page article on this overprint.

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    Jan 22, 2023, 13:00 PM

    APS announces dates for Summer Seminar 2023

    This year’s seminar will be presented both virtually and in person.

  • united-states-2023-womens-soccer-stamp
    Jan 21, 2023, 11:00 AM

    Women’s Soccer stamp first-day ceremony details

    Art director Antonio Alcala designed the stamp using an illustration from artist Noah MacMillan.

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    Jan 20, 2023, 12:00 PM

    Plane crashes and Christmas seals, a seldom-seen combination

    Determining what went wrong and how the Postal Service dealt with it is meat and potatoes for collectors who specialize in auxiliary markings.

  • colopex-stamp-show
    Jan 19, 2023, 13:00 PM

    Colopex 2023 canceled

    Colopex originally was scheduled to take place June 9-10 in Columbus, Ohio.

  • northeastern-federation-of-stamp-clubs
    Jan 19, 2023, 10:00 AM

    Philatelic Show 2023 prospectus available

    The show will feature up to 100 exhibit frames, over 50 dealers and a youth area.

  • united-states-2022-mighty-mississippi-stamps-pane-upper-peninsula-missing
    Jan 19, 2023, 09:12 AM

    Yoops! Mississippi River stamp pane reverse joins Michigan’s Upper Peninsula with Wisconsin

    The state line between Wisconsin and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula was left out on the map on the back of the pane.

  • 1977-registered-letter-illinois-munich-germany-dollar-sign-stamps
    Jan 19, 2023, 08:00 AM

    Inside Linn’s: Unusual travels of a 1977 registered letter to Germany

    Also this week, a review of a new book about the first U.S. postal card issued in 1873, and taking a closer look at a 1964 set of eight German stamps honoring resistance heroes during World War II.

  • united-states-holiday-eleves-imperforate-between-error-stamps
    Jan 17, 2023, 12:30 PM

    Error found among multiple reports of problematic Holiday Elves forever stamps

    Numerous reports of United States Holiday Elves forever stamps with shifted die cuts were brought to the attention of Linn’s editors in late December 2022.

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    Send a ‘sweet, simple message’ with a postmark from Bliss, N.Y.


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    1933 Balbo flight cover in Feb. 7-8 Cherrystone sale


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