Also this week, a review of the British All About Stamps website, and explaining an odd ink anomaly on a single stamp in a 20-stamp pane of the United States 1995 32¢ Louis Armstrong stamp.

Many collectors are looking for this stamp, and it is still undervalued.

The museum’s upcoming “Baseball: America’s Home Run” exhibition is still scheduled to open April 9.

One of the nondenominated (5¢) Butterfly Garden Flowers coil stamps features an illustration of scabiosa, and the other pictures cosmos.

Many philatelic auction houses charge a 20 percent buyer’s premium, and some offer a small percentage off if payment is received promptly.

The stamp on the cover is the nondenominated (25¢) Quilt stamp (Scott 5099) with plate number B11111.

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Except where noted, a first-day ceremony is planned for each issue.

Several contest entries commented on the U.S. Postal Service’s performance.

Two new stamps for Priority Mail and Priority Mail Express featuring artwork by Dan Cosgrove will be issued Feb. 14 in different locations.

Sales of the never fully defined “assorted philatelic materials” aimed at stamp collectors — not the general public — have continued over the years.

The Southeastern Stamp Expo is an American Philatelic Society World Series of Philately exhibition.

As of mid-January, all of the APS and APRL candidates in the 2022-25 election are running unopposed.

The nondenominated (58¢) Edmonia Lewis forever commemorative stamp will go on sale in panes of 20.

Included in the exhibit competition will be the Americover exhibit for first-day covers.

The four Mountain Flora forever stamps will now be issued March 14 instead of the previously announced Feb. 17.

The society’s bylaws dictate that elective officers serve three-year terms that start Jan. 1 of the year following the election.

The American Philatelic Society will host a course on essays and proofs taught by instructor James E. Lee.

The yearbook includes 68 stamps and matching mounts from what the Postal Service calls its “collectible program,” or what collectors typically call commemoratives.

Also this week, highlighting covers that celebrate the achievements of private launch companies in space, and a tribute to the U.S. Postal Service executive who helped create the 1993 29¢ Elvis Presley commemorative stamp.