Collectors interested in obtaining the new vended postage label can look online for a post office location that has a self-service kiosk installed.

Allowing collectors new to the field of expertization a period of familiarization, learning and practice would be helpful.

All three events will take place on the USPS Facebook and Twitter sites.

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

At the time it was issued, the From Me to You forever stamp sold for 49¢. Like all first-class letter rate forever stamps, it now has a postage value of 55¢.

Overall, values largely have stabilized at current levels, with dealers reporting active internet sales in line with present values.

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

The painting is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

The quality of the collector’s stamps is only one measure. Another could be the collector’s knowledge.

Clifton’s acrylic painting of a lesser scaup was one of 138 entries submitted for the contest, which was conducted online.

One of the updated images is for the the “Prairie Dog” plate flaw on the United States 1928 Aeronautics Conference stamp.

The nondenominated (55¢) stamps will be offered in a double-sided pane of 20.

The new plate number on the Ashton Potter double-sided pane corresponds with a new print run using stamp paper that is different from the original printing.

The Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor stamp was issued Sept. 17, and the commemorative set with proofs sold out soon thereafter.

The eligible species for the 2020 contest are brant, gadwell, cinnamon teal, lesser scaup and red-breasted merganser.

The Drug Free USA forever stamp will be issued Oct. 27, according to a Sept. 22 announcement from the United States Postal Service.

The new stamp features the eighth different design used on a U.S. Kwanzaa stamp and will be the 14th U.S. Kwanzaa stamp issued overall.

The company could have been behind in its shipments because business was really good or because it was inefficient. We will never know.

Also this week, recalling how the USPS made it easier to buy the 1983 $9.35 Eagle Express Mail stamp, and sorting through a sample of worldwide stamps that reveals an issue with an unusual shape.

This cover brings to the modern era a bit of Chicago’s past that might otherwise be consigned to the dustbin of history.