Electronic federal hunting permit stamps (duck stamps) for smartphones will be available beginning July 1, with their validity extending until June 30, 2025.

The stamps are denominated $1.65 to pay the proposed United States Postal Service rate for international mail scheduled to go into effect July 14.

Also this week, using Pinterest to find stamps, and a word search puzzle devoted to stamps from Canada.

Recommended for ages 6– 12, the program’s activities can be completed at each participant’s own pace.

The stamps are being issued in honor of the 250th anniversary of the arrival of the first Shakers in America.

The Mexico-Elmhurst Philatelic Society is the only major philatelic society specializing in Mexican philately of all kinds.

More than 300 people made the journey to Yosemite Valley in California to attend the May 15 first-day ceremony for the stamps.

Okpex will feature a bourse (sales area) of 12 to 15 dealers, and the United States Postal Service will have a booth at the show.

Early issues of Linn’s are sometimes found in dealer accumulations of documents, periodicals and photos related to philately.

Several Linn’s readers cast Disney villain Capt. Hook in the most deplorable of roles: postmaster general.

The announcement was published in the May 30 issue of the Postal Bulletin.

Also this week, our stamp market tipsters recommend a certain popular U.S. airmail stamp issued in 1933, and a review of a worldwide mixture containing stamps issued from 1870 to 1990.

What do Scott numbers signify? In short, each stamp’s listing in an upcoming edition of the 2025 Scott catalogs.

A big part of space cover collecting has been finding event and first-day covers autographed by people involved in the space program, especially astronauts.

The designs of the nondenominated (68¢) Flags stamps were first revealed in October 2023.

This was the first U.S. stamp to feature a bicycle in the design and one of the first in the world to do so.

Karen Wegehenkel of Medford, Ore., took the picture of the horse shown on the middle stamp, and Stephanie Moon of Dublin, Ohio, was the photographer for the horses featured on the other four stamps.

Each year since 2022, the library has awarded two $2,500 scholarships.

The Distinguished Topical Philatelist award recognizes service to topical philately in general and to the ATA in particular.

Seeing an autograph on a stamp or a cover prompts the question: Who was this person, and what connection do they have with the stamp?