A submitter who checks what he or she can about the item to be submitted will predispose an expert to take the item more seriously.

Also this week, stamps honoring the golden jubilee of Queen Margrethe II, and Life magazine’s full-color tribute to almost 300 stamps in a 1959 issue.

The imperforate lithographed 10¢ rose Thomas Jefferson stamp issued March 1862 was printed by Hoyer & Ludwig.

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

The four stamp designs show dark blue silhouettes of a female runner, swimmer, gymnast and soccer player.

The quality of these knock-off stamps has taken yet another twist with the application of foil and gloss.

It seems that a good number of collectors did not get the message about the stickers for the Message Monsters stamps.

The Romeo postmark tradition marks its 28th year this year.

The U.S. Postal Service is issuing the nondenominated (5¢) Butterfly Garden Flowers stamps Feb. 1 in coils of 3,000 and 10,000.

Also this week, a look at underpaid United States postcards during the 1925-28 rate period, and sifting through an assortment of mint U.S. commemorative stamps.

The one-page exhibit program includes topical and thematic subjects such as animals, transportation, postal history and philately.

The American First Day Cover Society is accepting nominations through May 30 for the annual Philip H. Ward award for excellence in first-day cover literature.

The new $8.95 Priority Mail stamp features Monument Valley in Utah, and the $26.95 Priority Mail Express stamp showcases the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco.

Pipex is the annual exhibition of the Northwest Federation of Stamp Clubs and an American Philatelic Society World Series of Philately show.

The misperforated stamp is from the top row of a booklet pane of 2017 United States U.S. Flag stamps.

An active volcano, the island is roughly circular in shape with a flooded caldera in the center and a natural harbor.

Also this week, a review of the British All About Stamps website, and explaining an odd ink anomaly on a single stamp in a 20-stamp pane of the United States 1995 32¢ Louis Armstrong stamp.

Many collectors are looking for this stamp, and it is still undervalued.

The museum’s upcoming “Baseball: America’s Home Run” exhibition is still scheduled to open April 9.

One of the nondenominated (5¢) Butterfly Garden Flowers coil stamps features an illustration of scabiosa, and the other pictures cosmos.