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  • aps-airpex-2019-stamp-show
    Feb 15, 2019, 15:33 PM

    Large crowd at Ameristamp Expo in Mesa, Ariz.

    The final APS Ameristamp Expo opened to a great crowd of enthusiastic collectors at 10 a.m. on Feb. 15.

  • aps-exec-director-scott-english
    Feb 15, 2019, 14:16 PM

    APS executive director agrees to new contract

    The American Philatelic Society has retained the services of its executive director, Scott D. English, for at least another two years.

  • us-stamp-notes-missing-woman-preview
    Feb 15, 2019, 09:07 AM

    Missing wife puzzle solved

    Linn’s readers help settle the mystery presented on a 1¢ postal card, canceled in March 1895 in Little Falls, Wash.

  • forever-stamps-hines-liberty-bell
    Feb 15, 2019, 08:51 AM

    Reflections on the forever stamp: Week’s Most Read

    Editor-in-Chief Jay Bigalke’s thoughts on the forever stamp and other popular stories from the past week.

  • claret-brown-franklin-stamp
    Feb 13, 2019, 11:05 AM

    A claret brown Franklin stamp to seek

    This week, our tipsters highlight this 1914 United States 12¢ claret brown Benjamin Franklin stamp.

  • us-stamp-notes-lennon-contest-winner
    Feb 13, 2019, 09:24 AM

    Low contest entries for Lennon forever stamp

    This stamp drew the least entries of any contest since this feature began in 1986.

  • how-to-collect-it
    Feb 11, 2019, 08:38 AM

    How to collect it feature completed for 2018 U.S. stamp program

    Linn’s editor-in-chief seeks feedback from readers.

  • united-states-2019-coral-reef-stamps-preview
    Feb 8, 2019, 16:37 PM

    Coral Reef stamps to debut March 29 in St. Louis, Mo.

    The United States Postal Service has announced that the four nondenominated (35¢) Coral Reefs postcard-rate stamps will be issued nationwide March 29.

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    Feb 7, 2019, 21:11 PM

    Alabama Statehood stamp features state park scene

    A first-day ceremony has been scheduled for Feb. 23, 10 a.m. CT at Constitution Hall Park, in Huntsville, Ala.

  • us-stamp-notes-canal-zone-preview
    Feb 7, 2019, 21:07 PM

    U.S. special delivery stamps used in Canal Zone

    A 1965 cover bears a special delivery stamp and a Canal Zone airmail stamp commemorating the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Panama Canal.

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    Feb 7, 2019, 20:50 PM

    Five new U.S. issues for 2019: Week’s Most Read

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

  • scott-catalogue-errors
    Feb 5, 2019, 13:56 PM

    New edition of Scott errors catalog debuts

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

  • forever-stamps-hines-liberty-bell
    Feb 5, 2019, 12:55 PM

    A dozen years and 14¢ later: reflections on the forever stamp

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

  • United States 2019 Love stamp
    Feb 2, 2019, 08:00 AM

    Love stamp headlines new Scott numbers

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

  • spotlight-on-philately-pearl-harbor-cover-preview
    Feb 1, 2019, 10:23 AM

    Genuine rarity or dangerous forgery? Inside Linn’s

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

  • usn-dm-expertizing-f1-bg
    Feb 1, 2019, 09:23 AM

    Expertizing articles compiled for online resource

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

  • genuine-fourth-bureau-issue
    Feb 1, 2019, 09:16 AM

    Understanding Fourth Bureau Issue coil waste and sheet waste stamps

    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.

  • john-lennon-imperforate-preview
    Jan 31, 2019, 21:10 PM

    John Lennon forever stamps found as imperforate errors: Week’s Most Read

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

  • national-postal-museum
    Jan 31, 2019, 09:31 AM

    Postal Museum reopened Jan. 29

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

  • United States 2019 Marvin Gaye Music Icons stamp
    Jan 30, 2019, 14:52 PM

    Issue dates for Marvin Gaye, post office murals

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

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