The cartoon caption contest for July featured one of the stamps from the State and County Fairs strip of four forever stamps.

This cost-effective way to ship a heavy sack of printed matter and related materials to a single address is called M-Bag mail.

Having these numbers handy will allow you to easily locate these stamps in the catalogs and learn about their production and values.

Also this week, exploring Chile’s colorful journey to issuing stamps and upacking the essential features of the Facit line of stamp catalogs.

The joint American Philatelic Society Stampshow and American Topical Association National Topical Stamp Show, taking place at the CHI Health Convention Center in Omaha, Neb., is now underway.

The American Philatelic Society will present its 2023 summer stamp show, exhibition and annual convention in Cleveland, Ohio.

If you need this booklet, it is well worth buying at the 2019 Scott catalog value.

The 1973 Boston Tea Party block of four has three catalog-listed missing-color errors. Misregistrations of color also are known.

In other 2019 U.S. stamp program news, issue dates and locations were announced for the Walt Whitman and Winter Berries stamps.

A silver color dominates the images on the stamps, creating a reflective effect that doesn’t reproduce well in photographs.

There will be two prizes given to the winners: one for the best horse line, and one for the best rider line.

Among the ceremony participants was Russell L. (Rusty) Schweickart, lunar module pilot on the 1969 Apollo 9 mission.

Also this week, researching a censored World War II cover with links to the Manhattan Project and sifting through a sample of mostly common worldwide stamps.

A Linn's reader is promoting a clever way to introduce stamp collecting to a new audience of young people.

Postal stationery letter sheets were created as part of the British Post Office’s postal reforms of 1840.

Interesting covers from the 1930s pop up in dealers’ boxes and on internet sales sites with some regularity

Look for the Mister Rogers pane to increase in price sooner or later.

Also this week, discovering emoji designs on stamps and strolling through Switzerland’s philatelic flower garden.

The new stamp is the second U.S. issue to directly commemorate Woodstock, one of the largest-ever festival gatherings at that time it was held.

The design that Zazzle rejected featured an image of Uncle Sam struggling with a snake that formed a dollar sign entrapping the man who is a symbol of America.