Also this week, understanding an important change to U.S. Customs fee regulations in 1957, and a review of a $20 assortment of stamps with a catalog value exceeding $200.

The 2021 Love stamp is the latest in a long series of U.S. Love stamps that in recent years have been released at a rate of one per year.

The United States Postal Service will continue its American Landmarks stamp series in 2021 with a new stamp to be issued in January that shows a historic Florida fort.

Is there a new country that you’re hoping to start collecting in 2021?

The design of the 1934 United States Christmas seal features a small, red cottage set starkly against an evening sky and white snow.

Also this week, how to request a special event cancel from the U.S. Postal Service’s Cancellation Services, and a favorable review of an assortment of worldwide stamps with low catalog values.

Toy stamps were intended to teach youngsters about the operations of the post office and how to use its services.

Postmarked 100 years ago, on Dec. 16, 1920, the famous “Mitchell card,” as this United States postal card has been known, is so rare that, after considerable searching, an image of it cannot be found online for the collecting public to see.

This new service, called “Member Connect,” allows society members to submit their collecting interests in a secure area of the AFDCS website.

The cachet illustration is from a painting by J.C. Leyendecker (1874-1951), Santa Up a Ladder.

Both winners will receive a 13-week subscription to Linn’s (a new subscription or an extension).

The stamp is a good buy in very fine grade at up to full catalog value.

Although both organizations are continuing services, the American Philatelic Society and the American Philatelic Research Library are making adjustments as state guidelines in Pennsylvania are tightened to stem the spread of COVID-19.

Believe it or not, other sources don’t agree on his birthday or his birthplace.

As time passed, the adhesive on the great majority of these stamps has aged and that process has discolored the stamps from the back.

The nondenominated (55¢) stamp will be the 44th in the Black Heritage commemorative series and will be issued in a pane of 20.

On Oct. 14, 1947, Yeager became the first man to successfully pilot an aircraft faster than the speed of sound.

This foldover happened to the lower right corner of a sheet of 200 of these stamps between printing and perforating.

The Scott U.S. Pocket catalog makes a great holiday gift for anyone who is assembling their own U.S. stamp collection.

Why did it take so long for the United States to issue its first Christmas stamp?