The show will feature more than 140 frames of exhibits and a bourse (sales area) with 20 dealers.

The fifth annual articles-only literature competition will be held at the show. The competition is co-sponsored by the American Philatelic Society Writers Unit No. 30.

The editors of the Scott catalogs each month assign catalog numbers to new issues from the United States, United Nations and postal services from around the world.

The pocket catalog provides a simplified version of the listings for U.S. stamps found in Vol. 1 of the Scott Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue.

The stamp is multicolored, with different shades of yellow used in reproducing the image of the angel Gabriel.

The $2 Jenny Invert stamps (Scott 4806) were issued in panes of six on Sept. 22, 2013, as a tribute to America’s most famous stamp error.

Offices abroad stamps are issued for use from extraterritorial post offices operated in foreign countries.

All of the 2022 increase can be attributed to the new high-denomination stamps for the Priority Mail rates, along with other stamps denominated at $2 and $5.

The new nondenominated (60¢) Year of the Rabbit forever stamp features an ornate three-dimensional ceremonial mask by Camille Chew.

The Midwest Stamp Dealers Association is an organization of 70 professional collectible postage stamp and cover dealers.

The Original Order of Zunks was an active cachetmaker group of Pittsburgh, Pa., collectors around 1940-45.

The Christmas card was sent by Creighton C. Hart, who specialized in the two stamps of the United States first issue of 1847.

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

The Jan. 22 issue date coincides with the domestic postcard-rate increase from 44¢ to 48¢.

Also this week, a postal historian’s rate analysis of a 1926 U.S. airmail cover with added airmail service in Europe, and an upbeat review of a mixture of worldwide stamps offered at a cost of $2 plus a self-addressed, stamped envelope.

The show will offer a Grenada Grenadines Seabirds of the Caribbean souvenir sheet with a special Orcoexpo overprint.

The United States Postal Service will host first-day ceremonies for the Life Magnified and Thinking of You stamps at the Great American Stamp Show.

One of the big items was the explosion in the quantity of United States stamp issues being counterfeited.

For the second straight year, there have been no new reports of earliest-known uses (EKUs) of United States Christmas seals tied to covers by a cancellation.

The easily recognizable yellow coloring of the school bus makes the image all the more striking against the neutral tones in the rest of the stamp.