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.

The dedicating official for the ceremony was Doug Tulino, who currently serves as the Postal Service’s acting postmaster general and chief executive officer.

Also this week, a tip to look for a certain 2¢ George Washington stamp from the First Bureau Issue, and a $5 mixture of 300 U.S. stamps leaves our anonymous reviewer very satisfied.

This issue has been heavily counterfeited, and panes offered at or below postage value are almost certainly counterfeits.

There are moments when philately becomes more than stamps and covers — it becomes a shared celebration among collectors, postal professionals and friends.

Stamp dealer Jerry Birdsall of Northland International Trading in Caldwell, N.J., alerted Linn’s Stamp News to the new error.

A total of six stamp issues from 2022 to 2024 are affected.

For collectors seeking a way to honor their fathers — or for fathers looking to pass on their love of stamps — there are countless ways to make this Father’s Day meaningful through philately.

In 1899 the U.S. administration issued a special delivery stamp for Cuba (Scott E1) by overprinting the U.S. 10¢ blue Running Messenger special delivery stamp (E5).

Pick a subject, any subject, and you will find it on an advertising cover and/or on the back of a United States penny postal card from the late 1870s to the 1950s.