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.

Hotchner will receive the recognition during a ceremony Oct. 26 at the Collectors Club in New York City.

Also this week, a review of a blog site that focuses on the Scott Classic Specialized catalog, and a Canada 1949 Official mail stamp that is worth keeping an eye out for.

The Paris peace talks to end the Vietnam War began in 1968.

According to Cherrystone, the auction will commence with ample selections of United States, Canada, Great Britain and British Commonwealth.

The nondenominated (73¢) stamp will be issued in panes of 20 that include the text “Thank You, Healthcare Community” in surgical green across the pane’s wide top selvage.

In January 2025, a random drawing of applicants will be awarded cash prizes of $25, $50 and $75.

When opening the link to the latest issue, the display will look like the two-page spread shown here.

On April 12, 2007, the United States Postal Service issued the first in its long series of forever stamps, a nondenominated (41¢) Liberty Bell booklet stamp.

The dedication ceremony for the United States Christmas Madonna and Child forever stamp will be held at the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields in Indianapolis, Ind.

There will not be a Colopex show in 2025.

The Healthcare Community stamp will go on sale Oct. 1 and is currently available for preorder. The official first day of the stamp is still Oct. 1.

Ekua Holmes’ original artwork featured on the stamp depicts a male drummer and two female dancers.

Several entries were quite serious, perhaps reflective of the times in the midst of an unusual presidential campaign.

Nojex will host meetings of the U.S. Stamp Society, the Collectors Club, the Ottoman and Near East Philatelic Society and New Jersey Postal History Society.

Almost 1,500 postcards for both issues were given out at the two meetings to the more than 30 attendees.

Scott editors received the inverted back inscription error in an order placed via the U.S. Postal Service’s Stamp Fulfillment Services in July.

Sen. Paul Douglas (1892-1976) served in the U.S. Senate as a Democrat from Illinois from 1949 to 1967.

Registration is open for WE Fest VIII, the semiannual series of exhibiting workshops sponsored by the Women Exhibitors organization.

The new Hanukkah stamp features USPS art director Antonio Alcala’s stylized illustration of a white nine-candle menorah set against a solid bright blue background.