The announcement of five new U.S. stamp designs for 2019 has been the most-read story this week.

Last published in 2014, this go-to reference work on U.S. postage stamp errors has been thoroughly reviewed and updated.

From the Liberty Bell in 2007 to Gregory Hines in 2019, there are a multitude of forever stamps to add to your collection.

It's time to reveal a new batch of Scott catalog numbers for U.S. and U.N. stamps.

Also this week, the “champion” of Indian classic stamp issues, and French advertising covers and the stories they tell.

U.S. Stamp Notes columnist John M. Hotchner introduces a valuable expertizing tool.

Expertizing is essential for the Fourth Bureau Issue coil waste and sheet waste stamps because it is easy to mistake the normal for the rare.

Our report on missing die cuts found on a pane of 16 Lennon stamps was the story of the week.

The Smithsonian National Postal Museum, closed for almost the entire month of January because of the partial federal government shutdown, has reopened.

The United States nondenominated (55¢) Marvin Gaye forever stamp in the Music Icons commemorative series will be issued April 2 in Los Angeles, Calif.

Our tip this week is the 1930 United States 10¢ carmine Numeral postage due stamp.

Put yourself in uniform and consider what you might be thinking or saying as you advance up the hill.

The United States Postal Service will issue three different stamp sets celebrating the 150th anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental railroad, military working dogs, and abstract artist Ellsworth Kelly.

The die cuts that separate the 16 Lennon stamps from each other are absent on a pane examined by stamp expertizer John M. Hotchner.

The Postal Service has released more information on its set of 10 Cactus Flowers forever stamps that will be issued Feb. 15 in Mesa, Ariz.

The Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 changed the name of the United States Post Office Department and more. But there were things it didn’t change — despite rumors to the contrary.

Presentation will take place at the Mesa Convention Center during the APS Ameristamp Expo in Mesa, Ariz.

Also this week, a colorful character from the 16th-century Chinese novel Journey to the West helps Canada Post ring in the Lunar New Year.

This week’s tip is a modern Priority Mail envelope that can be difficult to find in the aftermarket.

The 12-year Celebrating Lunar New Year series comes to a close with the release of the Year of the Boar stamp.