The issue date comes well in advance of the Lunar New Year on Feb. 1, which marks the beginning of the Year of the Tiger.

The $7.95 Castillo de San Marcos envelope is the final Priority Mail prepaid stamped flat-rate envelope to be offered by the Postal Service.

More than a billion of the 1962 Christmas stamps were sold.

The Edmonia Lewis stamp is the 45th issue in the Black Heritage series.

The USPS started the Love stamp series in 1973. The 2022 issue features artwork by Bailey Sullivan.

Are Santalandia and similar fantasy stamps unlawful? Apparently not as they don’t claim to be U.S. postage.

All of the numbers will appear in the Scott New Listings Update section of the Dec. 20 Linn’s Stamp News.

Products added to the amosadvantage.com website include multiple sizes of new page protectors that are designed to help collectors.

Also this week, exploring December 1941 trans-Pacific airmail flights after Pearl Harbor, and a collage of colorful stamps devoted to Christmas shopping.

Information on first-day ceremonies was not immediately available for any of these upcoming issues.

The United States issued its first letter sheets in 1861 and its last airmail letter sheet in 1999.

The USPS is relentless about getting the American public to mail early for Christmas.

Entries with a touch of humor or irony stand the best chance of winning the contest.

The letter was an appeal to subscribers of The Farmer’s Wife, A Woman’s Farm Journal to renew before Dec. 20, 1915.

The 100th anniversary of this now-famous editorial came and went in 1997 without recognition by the USPS.

To say the least, shows are trying to find their groove while coping with the ups and downs of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Also this week, taking a closer look at U.S. postal rates for forwarded drop letters during the war-tax period from Nov. 2, 1917, to June 30, 1919, and a review of a mixture of mostly pre-1980 worldwide stamps.

These transit passes were part of the publicity program to encourage contributions to the National Tuberculosis Association and the use of Christmas seals.

Also this week, using an entry form to simplify the use of a spreadsheet to keep track of stamps in your collection, and going on the hunt for 28 stamps from Ukraine hidden in a word search puzzle.

These items all will be withdrawn from sale effective at the close of business on Dec. 31 from all post offices and other USPS vending outlets.