Ernest R. Ackerman’s philatelic career began in his youth and extended throughout his life.

The single-frame Champion of Champions, selected among the best single-frame exhibits from U.S. World Series of Philately shows held during the prior year, will be awarded

The major theme of the entries was reflections on the legacy of football coach Vince Lombardi.

On Jan. 27, 1939, the U.S. Post Office Department issued the 3¢ violet Thomas Jefferson stamp from the Prexie series in booklet panes of six.

Robert Thompson of Texas, a specialist in plate number coil stamps, reported the discovery to Linn’s Stamp News on Oct. 2.

Alex Johnston, a subject matter expert on Abraham Lincoln, provided the correct source for the design of the U.S. 1984 20¢ Nation of Readers stamp.

If approved by the Postal Regulatory Commission, the cost of mailing first-class letters, postcards and international letters will increase Jan. 21.

At the heart of the show are 25 stamp, cover, postcard and supply dealers from nine states.

Also this week, a North West Pacific Islands stamp to keep an eye out for, and a review of a mixture of worldwide stamps from 31 countries.

Ginsburg is the 14th member of the Supreme Court to appear on a U.S. postage stamp.

A new edition of the Scott Specialized Catalogue of United States Counterfeits, scheduled for publication this fall, could double in size from the 2023 edition.

Next to the stamps and underneath the cancellation are the words “Post Card,” but it clearly isn’t.

More than 200 Scouts completed the requirements for the stamp collecting merit badge at the jamboree.

Dealer Henry Gitner of Middletown, N.Y., alerted Linn’s Stamp News to the new tagging-omitted error.

Preliminary artwork seen by Linn’s Stamp News shows an image from one of the four Snow Globes forever stamps issued Sept. 19 in a double-sided pane of 20.

The show will feature a bourse (sales area) of 38 dealers and 170 frames of exhibits.

Linn’s Stamp News first saw the Flowers Postage Stamps ad in a Sept. 12 post on Facebook by Wayne Youngblood, who writes The Odd Lot column for Linn’s.

A bourse (sales area) of more than 20 dealers will offer postcards and stamps, and exhibits will be on display.

The earliest documented use of the stamp is June 22, 1887.

The new nondenominated (66¢) Winter Woodland Animals stamps will be issued in double-sided panes of 20.