Like the more familiar forever stamp, the nonmachineable surcharge rate stamp continues to fulfill the designated rate even if the nonmachineable rate increases in the future.

Summary: Also this week, raising a toast to the Wine on Stamps Study Unit, and discovering the history behind a 1939-40 New York World’s Fair item franked with a Czechoslovakia 1919 semipostal stamp.

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

The item sold Dec. 7, 2020, on the eBay online commerce platform.

Why collect such nonphilatelic items? They are evidence of the history of the stamp trade.

The Garden Beauty stamps will have a Feb. 23 first-day postmark of Bloomfield, Ind., but no event will take place in the town.

This is the third year in a row that the Postal Service has issued a double-sided pane of 20 flower stamps with 10 different designs.

The Museum Advisory Council provides guidance on the strategic direction of the museum.

Also this week, helpful tips for using the expanded online David Straight Memorial Philatelic Union Catalog, and a review of a worldwide assortment of stamps costing less than 2¢ each.

The service could also be an asset for sales involving stamps, covers or other small items when eBay brings this option to the stamps category.

The December contest sought entries that speak from the perspective of the turkey.

The number of letter carriers attacked by dogs has been dropping.

The United States Postal Service named this product “direct mail repositionable notes” (DMRN) and formally approved it in 2003.

The new color-omitted error will be listed in the 2022 edition of the Scott U.S. Specialized catalog to be published in October.

Linn's editor-in-chief Jay Bigalke enjoys traveling and attending first-day ceremonies.

Having a first day of issue in your hometown is always exciting for stamp collectors.

The birds depicted are the northern goshawk, peregrine falcon, golden eagle, osprey and northern harrier.

The envelope’s imprinted stamp illustration is the same as that of the $7.95 Castillo de San Marcos postage stamp.

Expertization decisions are based on fact. However, too often the facts only take the expertizer so far, leaving room for informed opinions too.

Also this week, an in-depth exploration of resources and techniques for plating Great Britain’s Penny Red stamps, and the fascinating backstory behind printing mistakes on the U.S. 2005 Let’s Dance stamps.