US Stamps
49¢ stamp sticking around for 8 months, APS Stampshow approaches: Week's Most Read
By Joe O'Donnell
It’s time to catch up on the week that was in stamp-collecting insights and news.
Linn's Stamp News is looking back at its five most-read stories of the week, according to reader metrics.
Click the links to read the stories. Here they are, in reverse order:
5. New APS executive director has ties with APS vice president Mick Zais: On July 24, the APS announced that Scott English, chief of staff to a controversial South Carolina lawmaker, had won the executive director’s job without being a member of the hobby.
4. Harmer-Schau auction at APS Stampshow Aug. 20-22: The sale offers a broad array of United States and worldwide stamps and covers, as well as collections that highlight selected material from a number of specialist collectors.
3. Priority No. 1 for new APS director: increase membership: It didn’t take long for the doom-and-gloomers to weigh in with their prognostications following the July 24 announcement of the hiring of former political aide Scott English.
2. Largest U.S. national stamp show Aug. 20-23 in Grand Rapids, Mich.: Stampshow, the nation’s largest annual postage stamp event, Thursday, Aug. 20, through Sunday, Aug. 23, at the DeVos Place Convention Center.
1. PRC ruling keeps 49¢ stamp around for eight more months: The cash-hungry United States Postal Service has won what is described as an eight-month extension on its current stamp prices.
Keep up with all of Linns.com's news and insights by liking us on Facebook and following us on Twitter. We're also on Instagram!
MORE RELATED ARTICLES
Headlines
-
World Stamps
May 14, 2025, 12 PMLook for attractive Latvia 1933 airmail semipostal set
-
US Stamps
May 13, 2025, 4 PMBattlefields kit book showcases design process
-
US Stamps
May 13, 2025, 2 PMNew tagging-omitted error discovered on U.S. 1986 Ameripex ’86 souvenir sheet
-
US Stamps
May 13, 2025, 12 PMRocky Mountain Stamp Show to host May 23 debut of 10 colorful stamps picturing baby wild animals