The names of the honorees are to be displayed along with other hall of fame members listed on a plaque at the American Philatelic Research Library in Bellefonte, Pa.

Special souvenir cachets will commemorate the show’s theme, which celebrates the 200th anniversary of the founding of Fort Vancouver on the Columbia River.

McCarty joined Linn’s as a staff writer in April 1981 and was promoted to senior editor in March 1996. In January 2020, McCarty was named managing editor.

In 1891, the Kingdom of Hawaii issued a 2¢ dull violet Queen Liliuokalani stamp.

American Philatelic Society executive director Scott English revealed Sept. 24 that McMurtrie is no longer an APS employee.

Mystic sells a large range of United States and worldwide stamps, first-day covers and collecting supplies.

Virginia Apgar developed the method known as the Apgar score, which is used in hospitals worldwide to assess the condition of newborns by observing five key health factors.

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

The American Topical Association will celebrate its 75th anniversary at Balpex.

Many important value and editorial changes enhance the historic 103rd edition of the Scott Specialized Catalogue of United States Stamps and Covers.

There will be two prizes given to the winners: one for the best philatelic line and one for the best nonphilatelic line.

According to the U.S. Postal Service, the $5 Floral Geometry stamp was reprinted in 2024.

The Garfield-Perry March Party is an American Philatelic Society World Series of Philately show.

According to the U.S. Postal Service, Operation Santa will be highlighted in the new season of the Hulu series Dear Santa, which begins Nov. 24.

Seventeen-year-old Jerome (Jerry) Husak founded the specialized collecting organization in November 1949 in Milwaukee, Wis.

In 1868, the 5¢ blue and the 13¢ dull rose King Kamehameha III stamps (Scott 10-11) were reissued by the postal authorities.

“The four new stamps … celebrate the winter season with lacy, symmetrical graphic forms inspired by snowflakes,” the Postal Service said.

The APS recommends potential buyers take various measures to protect themselves.

Kevin Colton, a retired photographer who has been creating cachets under the trade name KSC Cachets off and on since 1998, had never before entered the cachetmakers contest.

Grimm’s painting of male and female spectacled eiders with a mountain scene in the background will appear on the duck stamp scheduled to be issued sometime in June 2025.