Yamil Kouri is a 2020 signatory of the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists and winner of the American Philatelic Society’s Luff award, among numerous other awards.

Celebrity singer and songwriter Elvis Costello and Quint Davis, director of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, were among the participants in the ceremony.

Official mail stamps were issued as an accounting device for franking mail from government agencies or elected representatives in the government.

Tomalei Vess, who holds a doctorate in biology from Duke University, has experience in both K-12 and university education, as well as museum education.

Today the Appalachian National Scenic Trail traverses almost 2,200 miles along one of the most ancient mountain ranges, yet is within easy reach of several large metropolitan areas.

The return address on the 1904 cover poses a puzzle.

Two upcoming United States Postal Service stamp issues will be issued at World Series of Philately shows in April and May.

Forgetfulness seemed to be the common theme of the captions submitted by those who entered the January cartoon caption contest.

This new error listing will appear first in the 2026 Scott Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue, Vol. 1, to be published this year.

Postal Service art director Greg Breeding designed the two American Vistas coil stamps using existing art produced by DKNG Studios in Los Angeles, Calif.

Voting in Linn's 2024 U.S. stamp poll continues through Feb. 28, 2025.

Fred Rogers (1928-2003) was honored with a nondenominated (50¢) forever stamp (Scott 5275) issued on March 23, 2018 by the United States Postal Service

The show will feature a bourse (sales area) with more than 30 dealer booths along with over 150 frames of competitive exhibits.

Participating in the ceremony were the Wah Lum Kung Fu and Tai Chi Academy performance troupe who performed traditional lion and dragon dances.

Sometimes relatively recent U.S. stamp issues are overlooked by stamp dealers and collectors at the time they were issued.

The sales numbers for U.S. semipostals are updated on a more or less monthly basis on the Postal Service website.

For each of the two winners, the prize will be a 13-week subscription to Linn’s (a new subscription or an extension).

Also this week, a candidate for the earliest photo-cachet campaign cover, and some sage advice when looking for stamps from Latin America.

The stamps are denominated $1.65 for use for the post office at U.N. headquarters in New York City.

Although no official USPS first-day ceremony is planned for the two stamps, the designated first-day city is Big Sky, Mont., an appropriate location, given the vastness of the stamps’ subjects.