The Milford Pumpkin Festival in Milford, N.H., hosted the U. S. Postal Service's Spooky Silhouettes stamp dedication Oct. 11.

The four new nondenominated (55¢) forever stamps will be issued in a double-sided pane of 20, which the U.S. Postal Service identifies as a booklet.

The Washington state $15 Wood Ducks stamp was voted best design of 2018.

Contemporary reports of historical events are a nice surprise when a letter is found inside an old cover.

Unused cut squares of the third design type are scarce and are needed by many collectors.

The United States Postal Service has announced that the first-day ceremony for the four Holiday Wreaths forever stamps will take place Oct. 25 at the L.L. Bean flagship store, 95 Main St., in Freeport, Maine.

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

The U.S. Postal Service's plan means collectors have one more chance — while supplies last — to find an upright Jenny Invert pane.

“Special” booklet paper varieties and modern Christmas seals are among the enhancements to the 98th edition of the Scott U.S. Specialized catalog.

The United States Postal Service is about to remove all of the $2 Jenny Invert stamps issued in 2013 from its post offices around the country.

The location of the first-day ceremony for the Winter Berries stamps put the author on a quest to obtain unofficial first-day covers.

Treating other collectors and their questions with respect can provide a welcome introduction to the stamp hobby.

The annual federal duck stamp art contest was held Sept. 27-28. The painting by Eddie LeRoy will illustrate the next federal duck stamp.

Also this week, deciphering unusual 1930s business reply mail and sorting through a mixture of stamps from 26 countries.

The October cartoon caption contest features one of the two United States 31¢ Wright Brothers stamps issued in 1978.

Earlier this year the Post Mark Collectors Club published its 800th issue of PMCC Bulletin.

A set of United States forever stamps celebrating wreaths will be issued for the 2019 holiday season.

The four images on the stamps show spooky scenes captured as silhouettes through Gothic style windows.

The discovery cover is now the one franked with the largest number of U.S. Scott 491 stamps, and it is also the only cover bearing that stamp sent by registered mail.

Of the normally issued U.S. booklet panes in the 21st century, the 32¢ Aloha Shirts pane of 10 is the most difficult to find.