The mourning stationery is in honor of President James Garfield, who was shot on July 2, 1881, and died 79 days later, at age 49.

Some of the stamps in the seized shipments were counterfeits of the 2016 Patriotic Spiral stamp in booklet panes of 10, 2019 Coral Reefs stamps in panes of 20, and 2022 U.S. Flag stamps in double-sided panes of 20 and coil rolls of 100.

All the new Freedom U.S. Flag stamps were printed using offset lithography and contain microprinting somewhere in the design.

The ceremony is free and open to the public.

Also this week, an 1873 April fool card that seems too good to be true, and a cover highlighting the philatelic impact of the massive 1937 Ohio River flood.

The master of ceremonies for the event was John Lomax, retired news anchor for the WKRC television station, who called the Union Terminal his favorite landmark.

The art of letter writing might be a skill not utilized to its fullest by the younger generation.

A U.S. Postal Service representative said the plates for both issues “were changed due to their respective printer making a paper substitution.”

Pictured on the 1911 postcard is the Third National Bank Building in Atlanta, which was constructed in 1908.

The stamps feature close-up photographs of tulips that were taken by Denise Ippolito.

Okpex is a World Series of Philately exhibition.

Also this week, a second installment of odd-shaped stamps, and Linn’s anonymous reviewer takes a close look at a sample from a worldwide mixture that included stamps from just five countries.

The issue date and location for the OSIRIS-REx stamp are forthcoming, the USPS said.

The entries in the February cartoon caption contest were quite diverse. There were only a few themes that drew multiple entries.

The Art of the Skateboard stamps feature vividly colored artwork on the underside of skateboard decks by four U.S. artists.

The stamps in the 1898 set were originally conceived as bicolor, with the vignettes in black.

Also this week, stamps bear witness to the empty thrones of Eastern Europe, and a hot tip alert concerning the most elusive of the recent U.S. Express Mail stamps.

One additional item to collect is the invitation to attend the first-day ceremony.

Stamps of the Confederate States of America feature much of the same appeal as classic U.S. issues of the time.

A bourse (sales area) of about 40 dealers will offer stamps, covers and postal history from the United States and worldwide.