The stamps were issued in panes of 20 on Sept. 30, 2022, to commemorate Schulz’s 100th birthday.

The next contest will be announced in the June 12 issue of Linn’s.

National Geographic Explorer and photographer Joel Sartore took the photos featured on the stamps.

Until 2019, the show was the main event of the Federated Philatelic Clubs of Southern California. Since then, Sescal has been associated with the Philatelic Society of Los Angeles.

USPS art director Greg Breeding designed the 12 Waterfalls stamps using existing photographs.

Also this week, unissued Slovenian stamps get royal attention, and highlights from a review of a small assortment of used United States stamps issued between 1890 and 1915.

The Minnesota Stamp Expo is a World Series of Philately exhibition.

Bill McAllister joined Linn’s as its Washington correspondent in 1996. He reported on behind-the-scenes activities of the U.S. Postal Service.

After more than 35 years, a plate block of the United States 1979 $1 Rush Lamp and Candle Holder of the Americana series with the engraved brown inverted has finally emerged.

William Gicker, director of USPS Stamp Services, which chooses and designs stamps and postal stationery, will speak Thursday, Aug. 10, at 1 p.m.

A panel of five judges picked 15-year-old Mila Linyue Tong’s painting for the top honor from among 53 entries in this year’s National Junior Duck Stamp Art Contest.

Having these numbers handy will allow you to easily locate these stamps in the Scott catalogs and learn about their production and values.

One reader surmised the values might have been punched out to be used with other cut-up stamps to make philatelic creations.

The show will feature at least 35 dealers and up to 400 frames of exhibits.

There are many minor to major color misregistrations, misperfs, missing digits in the plate numbers, and some color intensity varieties to find on this Christmas stamp.

Private die proprietary revenue stamps remain one of the most popular and active areas of revenue stamp collecting.

The nondenominated (63¢) Chief Standing Bear stamp will be issued in panes of 20.

The cover is franked with a 1½-penny green Queen Elizabeth II stamp (Scott 294) and canceled Jan. 9, 1953.

Among the animals shown on the stamps are the black-footed ferret, Key Largo cotton mouse, Wyoming toad and Guam Micronesian kingfisher.

Entries with a touch of humor or irony stand the best chance of winning the contest.