The show will feature more than 140 frames of exhibits and a bourse (sales area) with 22 dealers. Experienced stamp collectors will be on hand to provide evaluations of inherited stamp collections.

The American First Day Cover Society is the largest not-for-profit first-day cover society in the world, with members in more than a dozen countries.

“Muhammad Ali (1942–2016) challenged the best fighters in the world — and challenged the world itself,” the Postal Service said. “Muhammad Ali’s activism and bravery continue to inspire athletes to speak on social issues.”

One of the quiet privileges of collecting and studying postal history is discovering how easily the past can intersect with the present.

The show theme is the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The theme will be displayed in exhibits, presentations and special philatelic displays.

Amber F. McReynolds, chair of the Postal Service’s board of governors, will serve as the dedicating official.

The show will include a dealer bourse (sales area) and more than 150 frames of exhibits. New and youth collectors will have access to a learning center, and the show will offer free appraisals.

The American Topical Association is the world’s largest organization for topical collectors. Founded in 1949, the ATA has members in 49 countries.

Mark Yucha is the society’s new chief financial officer, and Wendy Masorti has been promoted from director of membership and shows to vice president of operations.

Vess, who holds a doctorate in biology from Duke University, has experience in both K-12 and university education, as well as museum education.

The new 4¢ stamp, which features photographer Harold Davis’ picture of angel’s trumpets, will be issued in self-adhesive panes of 20 and large coil rolls of 10,000.

A first-day ceremony is planned for 9 a.m. Mountain Standard Time at the History Colorado Center, 1200 Broadway, in Denver.

Also this week, a fun word search puzzle focused on various worldwide stamps featuring goddesses, and a favorable review of a compact assortment of stamps from Croatia.

Stephanie Katz has 15 years of experience guiding digital projects, building data tools and improving online search and user experience for a range of organizations.

Both issues, which feature photos taken by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, will be the latest additions to the Stellar Formations series of Priority Mail and Priority Mail Express stamps that began in 2024.

The show is accepting traditional exhibits as well as exhibits on the show’s theme, the American Revolution.

The cachet catalogs by Earl Planty first appeared in the 1970s, but Mellone’s FDC Publishing Co. refined and expanded the concept and made the books available to a wider audience.

The two stamps feature a 1974 Associated Press photo of Ali in a boxing stance.

This marks only the second known attempt by modern counterfeiters to imitate an engraved United States stamp. The first was the 2015 Rose and Heart Love stamp.

Notice of the stamps to be withdrawn from sale was published in the Nov. 7 Postal Bulletin.