The central design features a photograph of fields in northern Indiana that was taken on a dirt road just off Indiana State Road 15 in Kosciusko County.

Also this week, readers enjoyed posts about Donald Trump making a postal appearance, and a new USPS set that’s out of this world.

James Stewart embarked on an acting career after studying architecture in college. He earned an Oscar for his role in the 1940 comedy The Philadelphia Story.

The cover shown nearby was sent on June 30, 1958, from Petersburg, Alaska, to Olympia, Wash. Either the sender or someone in the post office where it was deposited handstamped “Statehood voted” on the envelope to celebrate E.L. Bob Bartlett.

It is the wise business owner who uses all the tools available to promote his or her business; stamps can be such a tool.

The newly discovered wreckage of Capt. Cook's ship gives us chance to re-visit a popular topical stamp.

Civil rights activist Malcolm X (El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz) was commemorated on a 33¢ Black Heritage commemorative stamp issued Jan. 20, 1999.

Mathew B. Brady established a photography studio in Washington, D.C. Along with chronicling the Civil War, Brady and his photographers also captured images of the nation's leaders, including Abraham Lincoln.

Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries has developed a terrific new online reference site devoted to the Inverted Jenny: the rare 1918 24¢ carmine and blue airmail error stamp that shows the Curtiss Jenny airplane in the central vignette flying upside down.

The distinguished career of William H. Seward included service in the U.S. Senate and as U.S. secretary of state, where he negotiated the purchase of Alaska in 1867.

The 1853 Gadsden Purchase, which obtained land from Mexico, is named for Ambassador James Gadsden, who successfully negotiated the agreement.

The sale is part of an extraordinary six-day run of auctions by five firms in conjunction with World Stamp Show-NY 2016.

As part of its seven-day series of new stamp issues for World Stamp Show-NY 2016, the United States Postal Service is reaching back to the 19th century to recreate six stamps in a set it is calling Classics Forever.

A set of 10 Colorful Celebrations stamps will be sold in a double-sided pane of 20 that the Postal Service refers to as a booklet.

Sixteen national parks from across the United States are featured in a new stamp pane being issued June 2. A first-day ceremony for the set will take place at 11 a.m. during World Stamp Show-NY 2016 at the Javits Center in New York City.

A talented musician who died far too young, Ritchie Valens has been immortalized on film, and honored on postage stamps celebrating him as a singer and songwriter.

The United States Postal Service has plans to issue two different stamp sets on May 31 showing subjects that are out of this world.

The United States Federal Duck Stamp Art Exhibit Tour will take up residence at World Stamp Show-NY 2016 from May 28 to June 4.

Advocacy is a facet of the American character that is reflected in philately. Agree or disagree — you can come up with your own label to state your case.

Special delivery service began in the United States in 1885, and immediately became a popular means of moving urgent mail.