The AFDCS publishes new editions of the directory based on additions and changes to the listings from the time of the last publication.

Most early booklet panes are surprisingly difficult to find in very fine grade.

The last report on this subject was in the U.S. Stamp Notes column in the May 23, 2016, issue of Linn’s.

A limited number of customers may have had their orders canceled, according to the Postal Service.

Hare mail and hair (or hare) raising were the two predominant themes in response to the cartoon caption contest design for February.

Also this week, a philatelic look at scouting behind the Iron Curtain, and helpful tips for servicing first-day covers.

The March 10 issue of the Postal Service’s Postal Bulletin gave April 22 as the new issue date.

The first-day ceremony is being organized by local post officials and is open to the public.

The 200th birthday of Ulysses S. Grant stirs a memory of a first-day ceremony for two United States 2015 Civil War Sesquicentennial stamps.

The stamp will go on sale nationwide April 8 in a pane of 20.

When deciding whether a stamp is an error or not, you have to look closely. A few dots of color and other tiny aspects can make a difference.

All of the numbers will appear in the Catalogue Update section of the Mar. 21, 2022 Linn’s Stamp News.

Also this week, an exploration of Sweden’s fascinating Landstormen semipostal stamps, and a philatelic tribute to Ulysses S. Grant’s birthday bicentennial.

The St. Louis Stamp Expo is an American Philatelic Society World Series of Philately show.

All six stamps have the same eagle design but are in different colors: green, blue green, blue, red violet, orange and yellow orange.

Entries with a touch of humor or irony stand the best chance of winning the contest.

The two presidents on the covers are shown full face rather than the side views that were used for the stamps.

Show organizers indicate that four additional label designs are planned, one each year through 2026.

The stamps are intended primarily as wedding invitation postage but are valid for any postal use.

The nondenominated (58¢) Mountain Flora stamps picture a purple pasqueflower, orange red wood lily, bright yellow alpine buttercup and dark pink Woods’ rose.