Highlights include a bourse (sales area) of more than 75 dealers from the United States and overseas offering stamps, postal history and supplies; a cachetmakers’ bourse; and more than 800 frames of competitive exhibits.

Known affectionately to collectors near and far as Tony W., Mr. Wawrukiewicz maintained a regular presence in the pages of Linn’s Stamp News with his monthly Modern U.S. Mail column.

Although he was a Southerner, Jackson was an odd choice as a stamp subject for the CSA because he was a proponent of a strong national government vis-à-vis states’ rights.

The new error occurs on the nondenominated (63¢) Freedom U.S. Flag coil printed in rolls of 100 by Banknote Corporation of America.

Stamps sometimes show up in the strangest places.

According to the author, “We need to think outside the envelope to give shows a good future.”

Also this week, stamps tell the story of the borderland city of Trieste, and a favorable review of a small $5 packet of stamps from the Isle of Man.

The company started out in one room of the former post office building in Camden, N.Y., and expanded to fill up three floors.

The new plate number, P2222, was reported in the July issue of Coil Line, the official journal of the Plate Number Coil Collectors Club.

Several entries compared the image to the well-known U.S. 1918 24¢ bicolor airmail error stamp.

The bourse (sales area) will include approximately 25 dealers.

The Luff award was established in memory of John N. Luff, APS president from 1907 to 1909, who was considered the most prominent American philatelist of his era.

Also this week, the smaller FDCs produced by cachetmaker Adam Bert, and a glowing review of a sample from a mixture of more than 600 worldwide off-paper stamps.

The last four U.S. special delivery stamps were issued from 1954 to 1971.

There are a few more than 20 World Series of Philately shows nationwide, a number that used to be in the 30s.

The 8¢ lilac Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman stamp was issued March 21, 1893, to pay the new 8¢ registry fee that went into effect on Jan. 1, 1893.

The show was originally scheduled for Sept. 8-10.

The stamp features a photograph by Marco Grob of Lewis wearing a suit against a dark gray background and staring resolutely at the viewer with a firm, piercing gaze.

Hubba Hubba handstamps are not common. The great majority of Korean War covers from the troops don’t have these handstamps.

What do these Scott numbers signify? In short, each stamp’s listing in an upcoming edition of the 2024 Scott catalogs.