Also this week, taking a closer look at the India-based Stamp Digest blog, and Linn’s anonymous reviewer sifts through a single-country mixture of 200 stamps from Laos.

Such souvenirs used to be common, but are seldom seen these days. They illuminate their times and give us a sense of the history of philately.

The society also is sponsoring several presentations at the show.

There will be a bourse (sales area) of 19 dealers with stamps and postcards. For those with a collection to sell, the dealers are also buying.

The lessons use first-day covers to track United States history from the colonization of North America through the Great Depression and into the presidency of Barack Obama.

Balpex is an American Philatelic Society World Series of Philately Show.

The literature exhibit is part of the Sarasota Philatelic Club’s annual stamp show and exhibition scheduled for Jan. 20-22, 2023.

The sheets poke fun at contemporary U.S. issues, and a set of the 60-plus sheets provides a lighter view of U.S. philately.

All three awards will be presented during a ceremony on Aug. 27 at Great American Stamp Show in Sacramento, Calif.

Also this week, Saudi Arabia salutes its 1987 Yesterday and Today expo held in Cairo, Egypt, with two stamps, and an upbeat review of mixture of recent worldwide stamps from 31 countries.

The contest drew many entries that discussed the less weighty matters that also needed decisions.

The stamps will be issued in double-sided panes of 20.

There are lots of scholarly societies, but there are not so many famous novelists portrayed on U.S. stamps who were stamp collectors and proud of it.

According to the USPS, artist Tom Fritz created his oil-on-panel paintings of the pony cars using photographs as a reference.

Nome was originally named Anvil City in 1898, derived from Anvil Creek, where the first major gold was found.

The club expects to be in its temporary facility for about a year until its new home overlooking Bryant Park can be made ready.

The R.F. overprints are listed in the Scott Specialized Catalogue of United States Stamps and Covers.

The show will feature 40 dealers and 200 frames of exhibits.

The story of the pony express is a prominent highlight in the city of St. Joseph, Mo., to this day.

What do these Scott numbers signify? In short, each stamp’s listing in an upcoming edition of the 2023 Scott catalogs.