In the lecture Hotchner will describe how his many activities in philately were launched from his writing for Linn’s.

The yearbook includes 108 stamps and matching mounts from what the Postal Service calls its “collectible program,” or what collectors typically call commemoratives.

Scott English will remain as executive director while the APS board conducts a search for his replacement.

Rating early United States covers is a pastime of postal history specialists, and the goal is to be able to figure out exactly what the postage pays for on a cover.

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

The show will include a bourse (sales area) of more than 75 dealers, plus the United States Postal Service and the United Nations Postal Administration; an exhibition of 284 frames of philatelic material; and a philatelic literature competition.

The 2025 Westpex show will take place April 25-27 at the San Francisco Airport Marriott Waterfront Hotel, 1800 Old Bayshore Highway, Burlingame, Calif., near San Francisco.

The best of the entries, one related to philately and one nonphilatelic, will be announced after the contest closes.

The International Philippine Philatelic Society will hold a meeting at the show, as will the Council of Northern California Philatelic Societies.

Also this week, taking a closer look at an innovative delivery service used by TIME magazine, and a tip to collect the set of eight U.S. Silas Wright customs fee stamps.

The color was changed to orange to avoid confusion with the 1¢ Columbian Exposition stamp, which was also blue in color.

The exhibition, titled “Conservation Through the Arts: Celebrating the Federal Duck Stamp,” runs through Feb. 9, 2025.

A ceremony program was produced by Linn’s for the event, and an autograph session took place after the ceremony.

The postage labels are dispensed at self-service kiosks installed in many post offices across the country.

Alexander George “Sandy” Telatco (1911-66), the sender of the postal card, was a native Ohioan.

For the second month in a row, cartoon caption contest entries have decreased precipitously.

The names of the honorees are to be displayed along with other hall of fame members listed on a plaque at the American Philatelic Research Library in Bellefonte, Pa.

Special souvenir cachets will commemorate the show’s theme, which celebrates the 200th anniversary of the founding of Fort Vancouver on the Columbia River.

McCarty joined Linn’s as a staff writer in April 1981 and was promoted to senior editor in March 1996. In January 2020, McCarty was named managing editor.

In 1891, the Kingdom of Hawaii issued a 2¢ dull violet Queen Liliuokalani stamp.