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

Among the standout subjects honored on 2024 stamps are author Saul Bellow, legendary college basketball coach John Wooden, the Underground Railroad and photographer Ansel Adams.

The catalog combines lightweight portability with essential listing information and values for more than 6,000 postage stamps and selected back-of-the-book issues.

The best of the entries, one related to philately and one nonphilatelic, will receive a 13-week subscription to Linn’s (a new subscription or an extension).

The 1918 Christmas seal was issued by the American Red Cross.

Cheryl Ganz, president of the APS, welcomed all in attendance before APS executive director Scott English called the roll of each board.

Also this week, an exploration of older U.S. stamps with straight edges, and a tip to look for the set of overprinted Canal Zone 1925 postage due stamps.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is coming to philately. Clearly AI is going to be a powerful tool for stamp and cover collecting.

In their use in the United States, postage due stamps were to be applied to any underpaid mail piece to show the amount collected from the addressee.

The United States Postal Service has announced 14 subjects that will appear on 55 stamps and postal stationery in 2025.

Also this week, a review of blog sites devoted to ships, and a tip to collect an affordable United States 1879 Numeral postage due stamp.

The show is organized by the Florida Stamp Dealers’ Association and the Central Florida Stamp Club.

Linn’s Stamp News readers reacted to John Hotchner’s July 8, 2024, article titled “Calling it like it is: World War I war tax.”

Only a dozen entries came in for the October cartoon caption contest that featured the 1996 32¢ stamp (Scott 3087) depicting the Discobolus statue

Henry Clay was an American statesman who served as a congressman and as a senator from the state of Kentucky.

In the lecture Hotchner will describe how his many activities in philately were launched from his writing for Linn’s.

The yearbook includes 108 stamps and matching mounts from what the Postal Service calls its “collectible program,” or what collectors typically call commemoratives.

Scott English will remain as executive director while the APS board conducts a search for his replacement.

Rating early United States covers is a pastime of postal history specialists, and the goal is to be able to figure out exactly what the postage pays for on a cover.

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