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May 26, 2022, 09:06 AM‘American Queen’ ship on new Mighty Mississippi stamp, at first-day event
It is important to note that the stamp honors the Mississippi River, not the boat that is a modern icon of the river. -
May 25, 2022, 14:00 PMA lot of effort for a penny in 1907
The post office expended a lot more than a penny’s worth of effort to try to find the addressee. -
May 25, 2022, 10:00 AMOhio Colopex show June 10 and 11
Colopex will host 116 frames of single-frame and multiframe exhibits. -
May 25, 2022, 08:30 AMSome United States high face value stamps can be a challenge to find
Few dealers have the capital available to stock them in-depth, and few collectors are buying more than one stamp, one block or one pane for their collections. -
May 24, 2022, 10:01 AMEugenie Clark honored by colleagues and family at May 4 first-day ceremony
Plenty of stamp products were available, including panes of stamps, digital color and black ink first-day covers, and framed enlarged pictures of the Eugenie Clark stamp. -
May 23, 2022, 13:00 PMNew stamp tools to excite junior collectors
One of the new items is a build-your-own cardboard microscope kit. -
May 23, 2022, 09:00 AMStamp for publisher Katharine Graham to join Distinguished Americans series June 14
According to the U.S. Postal Service, the stamp illustrates artist Lynn Staley’s oil portrait of Graham based on a 1970s photograph. -
May 19, 2022, 15:21 PMSesame Street, other U.S. stamps to be withdrawn from sale June 30
Other issues going off sale include stamps celebrating Scooby-Doo, President George H.W. Bush, and Bugs Bunny. -
May 19, 2022, 15:00 PMInside Linn’s: A dollar-sign case of mistaken identity
Also this week, highlights from the May 4 first-day ceremony for the United States Eugenie Clark stamp, and an upbeat review of the new Scott online catalogs. -
May 18, 2022, 10:00 AMNapex show June 3-5 in Washington, D.C., area
The show will feature 52 dealers, including representatives from the United States Postal Service and the United Nations Postal Administration. -
May 18, 2022, 08:00 AMPostal Service rejected veteran designer’s artwork for World Stamp Show-NY 2016 stamps
The stamps under discussion are those issued to publicize the United States’ most recent once-every-10-years international stamp show. -
May 12, 2022, 08:00 AMOne of the most beautiful U.S. stamp series
The United States Postal Service launched the Nature of America stamp series April 6, 1999, with the pane of 10 33¢ Sonoran Desert stamps. -
May 11, 2022, 08:00 AMApril cartoon caption contest winner pawns a cannon
Delivering the mail was the most common theme for the April cartoon caption contest featuring the 1961 4¢ Fort Sumter commemorative in the Civil War Centennial issue. -
May 10, 2022, 13:30 PMGripper cracks before the 1954-68 Liberty issue
Gripper cracks are a specific type of plate variety that results from stress on rotary press plates. -
May 9, 2022, 14:30 PMSequoia Stamp Club uses milestone to celebrate
The anniversary celebration is scheduled for Sept. 17. -
May 9, 2022, 08:53 AMMighty Mississippi stamps May 23 in Memphis, Tenn.
The nondenominated (58¢) Mighty Mississippi stamps feature photographs that each represent a different state along the river’s 2,340-mile length. -
May 5, 2022, 15:30 PMRocky Mountain Stamp Show set for Memorial Day weekend in Aurora, Colo.
The show will feature at least 35 dealers and more than 375 frames of exhibits. -
May 4, 2022, 11:00 AMGreen-winged teal painting on 2022 junior duck stamp
A panel of five judges picked 15-year-old Madison Grimm’s painting for the top honor from among 53 entries in this year’s National Junior Duck Stamp Art Contest. -
May 4, 2022, 08:30 AMWhat is printer’s waste?
Two commemorative stamps from 1969 and 1975 help define the term. -
May 3, 2022, 10:48 AMStamps for Charles M. Schulz, Webb space telescope, more added to 2022 U.S. program
Specific issue dates for the stamps were not provided.
Headlines
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US Stamps
May 25, 2022, 10 AMOhio Colopex show June 10 and 11
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US Stamps
May 25, 2022, 8 AMSome United States high face value stamps can be a challenge to find
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World Stamps
May 24, 2022, 3 PMJersey receives award for Lockdown Birds stamps
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Auctions
May 24, 2022, 11 AMFred Fawn Large Queens collection in June 10 Maresch sale at Capex 2022
