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    Aug 31, 2023, 13:00 PM

    Milcopex to offer pre-show talks via Zoom

    Milcopex will take place Sept. 22-23 in Brookfield, Wis.

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    Aug 30, 2023, 08:15 AM

    United States parcel post postage due set heating up

    The Post Office Department issued 12 distinctive stamps for prepayment of parcel post mail and five parcel post postage due stamps.

  • united-states-2023-snow-globes-stamps-first-day-postmarks
    Aug 29, 2023, 11:00 AM

    USPS to shake things up with four stamps picturing snow globes Sept. 19

    The new Snow Globes stamps arrive in time for the holiday mailing season, and there will be an abundance of them for collectors and other postal customers to use on greeting cards and other mail.

  • modern-us-mail-column-linns-stamp-news
    Aug 29, 2023, 08:15 AM

    Linn’s seeks new modern U.S. mail columnist

    Tony Wawrukiewicz, who died July 11, wrote the Modern U.S. Mail column for Linn's Stamp News since 2004.

  • omaha-philatelic-society
    Aug 25, 2023, 09:00 AM

    2023 Omaha Stamp Show to be held Sept. 9-10

    The show will include a dealer’s bourse (sales area), with several regional dealers participating.

  • american-expeditionary-forces-post-card-war-risk-insurance
    Aug 24, 2023, 11:30 AM

    World War I war risk insurance available to soldiers and sailors

    The war risk insurance system was funded by premiums that soldiers and sailors paid out of their monthly pay.

  • harry-nickels-iam-hn-fancy-cancellation
    Aug 24, 2023, 08:00 AM

    Inside Linn’s: Scrutinizing the ‘IAM HN’ fancy cancellation

    Also this week, the final Modern U.S. Mail column from postal historian Tony Wawrukiewicz, and a crossword puzzle focused on translating philatelic Portuguese into English.

  • 1932-willamette-river-plane-crash-cover
    Aug 23, 2023, 10:30 AM

    Aircraft accidents, crash covers and resources to understand what happened

    It’s rare these days to hear of plane crashes, but that was not so in the earlier days of aviation.

  • nicholas-lombardi-2023-champion-of-champions-winner
    Aug 22, 2023, 08:15 AM

    Nicholas Lombardi wins 2023 Champion of Champions award

    The prestigious award recognizes Lombardi’s 20th-century exhibit, “The 1903 Two Cent Washington Shield Issue,” as the top national exhibit of the past year.

  • boston-2026-world-expo-boston-tea-party-samuel-adams-label
    Aug 21, 2023, 10:45 AM

    Third label issued for Boston 2026 World Expo

    Award-winning stamp designer Chris Calle created the label, which the Portland Stamp Company produced in 3,000 sheets of nine.

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    Aug 21, 2023, 07:45 AM

    Pinatas to break out Sept. 8 on four U.S. stamps

    The 36th annual Pinata Festival in Roswell, N.M., will host the United States Postal Service’s first-day ceremony for its new Pinatas definitive stamps.

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    Aug 18, 2023, 13:00 PM

    Contract renewal of APS executive director Scott English announced at Aug. 9 joint APS/APRL board meeting

    The joint meeting came one day before the opening of Great American Stamp Show, the nation’s biggest annual philatelic extravaganza, held Aug. 10-13 near the shore of Lake Erie in downtown Cleveland.

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    Aug 18, 2023, 09:00 AM

    Balpex Labor Day weekend, Sept. 1-3

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

  • united-states-2023-osiris-rex-stamp
    Aug 17, 2023, 14:00 PM

    Sept. 22 first-day ceremony details for OSIRIS-REx stamp

    The stamp will be issued Friday, Sept. 22, at the Clark Planetarium in Salt Lake City.

  • john-lewis-stamp-priority-mail-first-day-cover
    Aug 17, 2023, 08:00 AM

    Inside Linn’s: Priority Mail cover is unofficial FDC for John Lewis stamp

    Also this week, a rundown of useful articles and websites devoted to perfins, and a word search puzzle highlighting colors associated with animals and plants.

  • united-states-2017-works-progress-administration-posters-booklet-stamps
    Aug 16, 2023, 08:00 AM

    2017 WPA Posters booklet in demand

    The booklet pane has 12 stamps on one side and eight stamps plus the booklet cover (label) on the other side.

  • united-states-imperforate-2019-flag-coil-stamp-scott-5343a-on-cover
    Aug 15, 2023, 11:15 AM

    Imperforate U.S. 2019 Flag coil spotted on cover from Connecticut

    The error was first listed in the 2021 edition of the Scott Specialized Catalogue of United States Stamps and Covers.

  • chief-standing-bear-stamp-pictorial-first-day-postmark
    Aug 14, 2023, 07:45 AM

    Can a postmark be placed on basically anything?

    At first-day ceremonies, the rules for postmarking are sometimes loosely followed.

  • united-states-1984-nation-of-readers-stamp
    Aug 11, 2023, 20:15 PM

    Original art altered for U.S. 1984 Nation of Readers stamp

    The central design shows Abraham Lincoln and his son Tad poring over a book.

  • polar-bear-stamp-july-cartoon-caption-contest-winner
    Aug 10, 2023, 13:00 PM

    A chilly homework excuse for July cartoon caption winner

    The dominating theme from Linn’s readers placed the polar bears in a zoo contemplating what was on the other side of the glass.

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