Also this week, exploring postage due payments made with regular stamps and sorting through a worldwide mixture featuring stamps from 37 countries.

United States memorial stamp for President George H.W. Bush will be issued June 12 in College Station, Texas, home of the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum on the campus of Texas A&M University.

In 1952, one of Stevenson’s fans, Louis V. Middleton of Grand Rapids, Mich., sent him a cover with a request for an autograph.

Despite a bumpy ride through the mailstream, John Hotchner was pleased to add this first-day cover to his collection.

What draws philatelic interest to the cover is the bold claim below the description of the Grand Canyon: “This Stamp Will be Very Valuable.”

The 16 United States Sesame Street forever stamps first announced in March will be issued June 22.

Semipostal stamps raise money for designated causes by adding a surtax to the postage price of the stamp.

According to newspaper reports, a crowd of approximately 20,000 people attended the May 10 event.

Also this week, a useful primer for the Scott online eCatalogues and a favorable review of an assortment of high-value worldwide stamps.

The planned ceremony date for the set of four Tyrannosaurus Rex forever stamps will be rescheduled, the United States Postal Service announced May 15.

The American Philatelic Society board of directors conducted a telephone conference on the afternoon of May 15 to discuss several matters of society business.

“Up the creek (without a paddle)” was the predominant theme in the April cartoon caption contest featuring the 1985 22¢ Camp Fire stamp.

The United States Postal Service is selling a boxed set in association with the Transcontinental Railroad forever stamp pane issued May 10 in Promontory Summit, Utah.

The philatelic press pushed the idea, asking readers to sign and send a petition to the White House.

A bourse of approximately 25 national and local dealers will offer stamps, covers, postcards, coins and supplies.

An enthusiastic crowd welcomed the latest U.S. sports-themed postage stamp onto the scene during a first-day ceremony for the Little Mo forever stamp April 23 in Dallas, Texas.

This stamp is surprisingly difficult to find in all three conditions in very fine grade and is well worth full Scott catalog value in that grade.

Linn’s Complete Stamp Collecting Basics, one of the two new ebooks, is divided into 14 chapters organized by subject.

The paintings depicted on these 10 nondenominated (55¢) forever stamps range chronologically from 1951 to 1990.

U.S. Stamp Notes columnist John M. Hotchner continues his examination of colored-paper stamps that are not what they appear to be.