The artwork is inspired by the clothing and gear used by working ranchers, and reimagined in fun and fanciful ways, according to the Postal Service.

There will be two prizes given to the winners: one for the best philatelic line and one for the best nonphilatelic line.

The mystery message on the new Mystery Message stamp might be easy to read for some individuals and impossible to comprehend for others.

The artwork for each federal duck stamp has been chosen annually in a juried competition since 1949.

Also this week, the U.S. Postal Service’s brief experiment with digital postmarks, and a positive review of a sample culled from a mixture of 600 worldwide stamps.

Public comments on the proposed change will be accepted if received by the Fish and Wildlife Service on or before July 23.

The city of Detroit, Mich., celebrated its 250th birthday in 1951. This event received a postal honor with the issuance of a 3¢ stamp on July 24.

The mystery label is so similar to stamps of its time that the Secret Service could not have been pleased. It would have been ripe for seizure as a stamp forgery.

NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center decided to close, telling USPS the afternoon before the ceremony, “Sorry but we cannot host the first-day ceremony.”

Sometimes it is just easier to place an order online or by phone with the Postal Service to get new stamps.

The nondenominated (55¢) stamps in a pane of 20 will be issued July 10 in New York City.

The Sun Science stamps first-day ceremony planned for June 18, at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., has been moved because of the observance of the newly enacted Juneteenth Federal Holiday.

Imperforate and tagging-omitted errors of the Roses booklet stamp are already listed and valued in the Scott U.S. Specialized catalog.

The illustration on the back of the postal card shows characters who also are pictured on some of the U.S. 1995 32¢ Comic Strip Classics stamps.

Printed in contrasting colors, the stamp design features attractive engraved scrollwork.

Many entries made the connection between Cash’s costume and philately.

The nondenominated (55¢) stamp honoring him will be issued at the Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center in Little Falls, N.J.

The first-day ceremony change, announced June 14, is due to COVID-19 restrictions.

Piller is a retail stamp dealer with some 70 years of experience, according to his candidate statement.

The original expertizing finding was at best confusing, and the Scott catalog descriptions at least partially based upon it were wrong.