The first part of a feature article by Joe Brockert appears within the pages of the September Linn’s Stamp News monthly magazine.

The 16th-century painting featured on the stamp is the work of a Florentine artist known as the Master of the Scandicci Lamentation.

What do these Scott numbers signify? In short, each stamp’s listing in an upcoming edition of the 2023 Scott catalogs.

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

Also this week, exploring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on stamps issued for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, and a philatelic tribute to Polish freedom fighter Tadeusz Kosciuszko.

The stamps, arranged as a se-tenant (side-by-side) block of four, will be issued in double-sided panes of 20.

This Pancake Day certificate with a philatelic flavor was created by stamp and cover dealers Bob and Helen Baughman.

Sometimes mailing envelopes to yourself works.

Other issues to be withdrawn include the Enjoy the Great Outdoors stamps and the Wild Orchids booklet and coil stamps.

Milcopex is an American Philatelic Society World Series of Philately show and will include 136 frames of competitive exhibits.

The meeting included presentations focused on current and future efforts of the American Philatelic Society and the American Philatelic Research Library.

Linn's editor-in-chief Jay Bigalke took a long road trip in July to explore parts out West.

Existing art by James Vaughan and a NASA/Space Telescope Science Institute image were used by USPS art director Derry Noyes to design the stamp.

The design shows a family with a covered wagon on the open prairie.

The ceremony will take place at the Museum of Fine Arts.

This American Philatelic Society World Series of Philately show will feature 30 stamp dealers and 200 frames of exhibits.

Disaster mail is a fascinating collecting area, principally because of the human stories behind it.

The new address is 353 Lexington Ave., Suite 804 at the southeast corner of East 40th Street.

September 11, like Dec. 7, will always have a special meaning, especially for those who lived through it.

The Omaha Philatelic Society was formed in 1926 and hosted its first stamp show in 1929.