Some stamp designs have the power to draw you in. The longer you look at them the more you see, and the more your imagination kicks in.

Each stamp in the pane of 20 presents a snapshot of a different time and place experienced by the postal carrier as she walks with her mail cart along her route delivering mail to customers in a busy town.

At the 2025 Great American Stamp Show in Schaumburg Ill., the United States Postal Service will hold a first-day ceremony for the release of a se-tenant (side-by-side) pair of nondenominated (78¢) forever stamps commemorating the Boston 2026 World Stamp Exposition.

Twelve dealers and the United States Postal Service will have booths at the show, and the show will include up to 40 frames of exhibits.

This year’s four philatelic candidates highlight the scholarship’s continuing mission: fostering community-focused engagement through philately.

The new nondenominated (78¢) Benjamin Franklin stamp will be issued as part of a 32-page prestige booklet containing two panes of 10 of the stamp.

What do these Scott numbers signify? In short, each stamp’s listing in an upcoming edition of the 2026 Scott catalogs.

Given the color of the spot in the selvage above the left stamp, there can be little doubt that it is the same ink that printed the stamp.

The postal card’s stamp design is based on a photo taken by renowned nautical photographer Billy Black of a 2014 replica of the schooner Columbia.

Gillis, who begins his new role on July 14, replaces Scott English, who completed almost 10 years as APS executive director.

Mint panes of se-tenant (side-by-side) nondenominated forever stamps remain the most active segment of the stamp market for fairly recent stamps.

USPS art director Greg Breeding, who designed the stamps using artwork provided by Nickelodeon, will be available for autographs.

Physical examples of the E-stamp will be mailed to purchasers after March 10, 2026, as required by federal law.

The show will feature approximately 25 dealers, a cachetmakers’ bourse and a silent auction.

The USPS also revealed issue dates and first-day locations for 2025 stamps that have been previously announced.

Newly elected APS and APRL board members will take the oath of office following the annual APS membership meeting on Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025, during the Great American Stamp Show in Schaumburg, Ill.

The UNPA added a surcharge of 5¢ to large postal stationery 73¢ envelopes issued July 15, 2024, for use from the post office at U.N. headquarters in New York City.

South Dakota artist Adam Grimm’s oil painting of male and female spectacled eiders with a mountain scene in the background is featured on the United States Fish and Wildlife Service’s 2025 federal duck stamp.

Klinefelter’s painting of a wood duck drake and a hen will be featured on the society’s 2025 cinderella (stamplike label) stamp.

The collector who discovered the error pane reported that it had been returned by another customer as defective.