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    Aug 18, 2022, 08:00 AM

    Inside Linn’s: 1983 printed-matter mailing with a sci-fi twist

    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.

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    Aug 17, 2022, 11:00 AM

    Philatelic event souvenirs of the past

    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.

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    Aug 16, 2022, 14:52 PM

    Civil War Philatelic Society presentations at Balpex

    The society also is sponsoring several presentations at the show.

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    Aug 15, 2022, 13:00 PM

    Airpex 2022 in Dayton, Ohio, Aug. 26-27

    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.

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    Aug 15, 2022, 10:30 AM

    American First Day Cover Society offers free teaching aids

    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.

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    Aug 14, 2022, 09:00 AM

    Balpex stamp show in Maryland Sept. 2-4

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

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    Aug 12, 2022, 14:00 PM

    Sarasota 2023 stamp show plans articles-only literature exhibit

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

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    Aug 12, 2022, 08:00 AM

    New Wilkinsburg spoof souvenir sheets

    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.

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    Aug 11, 2022, 10:00 AM

    Vogel, Alton, Nilsestuen receive APS Luff awards

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

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    Aug 11, 2022, 08:00 AM

    Inside Linn’s: Women of the ‘Six Triple Eight’ awarded medals for WWII service

    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.

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    Aug 10, 2022, 13:00 PM

    July cartoon contest winner seeks first-day autographs

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

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    Aug 9, 2022, 16:44 PM

    North Pole ceremony location for Sept. 15 Holiday Elves stamps

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

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    Aug 9, 2022, 13:00 PM

    Ayn Rand studies and the Ayn Rand stamp

    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.

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    Aug 8, 2022, 08:00 AM

    Peppy pony cars zip onto new U.S. stamps Aug. 25 at Great American Stamp Show

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

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    Aug 5, 2022, 08:00 AM

    Naming or misnaming Nome?

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

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    Aug 2, 2022, 12:00 PM

    Collectors Club announces move to temporary quarters

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

  • united-states-rf-overprint-listings-scott-us-specialized-catalog
    Aug 2, 2022, 09:16 AM

    R.F. overprints on U.S. stamps, stationery: more fakes than genuine?

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

  • nojex-asda-stamp-show
    Aug 1, 2022, 13:00 PM

    Prospectus available for Oct. 14-16 Nojex/ASDA show

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

  • pony-express-national-museum-postcard
    Aug 1, 2022, 08:30 AM

    Philatelic waypoint in St. Joseph, Mo., to Pony Express museum

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

  • united-states-2022-katharine-graham-stamp
    Jul 31, 2022, 13:00 PM

    Katharine Graham, other U.S. stamps assigned Scott numbers

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

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