The new Holiday Cookies forever postage label is available for a limited time in selected post offices that have a self-service kiosk in the lobby.

Chopra was also gracious with his time and chatted with me about stamps. His reflection on the 2017 Canada joint issues really stood out.

The United States Postal Service, keenly aware of this, regularly measures how quickly first-class letters reach their destination.

You should be able to find a strictly graded, mint never-hinged example of the 10¢ orange stamp in very fine grade for a bit less than Scott catalog value.

We at Amos Media Co. have a solid commitment to the stamp hobby and are determined to create new avenues to expand the hobby.

Matthew Healey’s January Auction Roundup column reported that a $100 federal marijuana tax stamp of 1937 was brought to auction in the Nov. 21-22 sale conducted by Regency-Superior at the Chicagopex show. The marijuana tax stamps were produced by overprinting United States documentary stamps of 1917 and were intended to enforce regulation of cannabis.

Readers: By now, you should know the drill. There will be two prizes given: one for the best philatelic line, and one for the best non-philatelic line.

The stamps from the pane of 20 have an overall high-gloss finish with a very shiny appearance when viewed under an angled normal light source.

With higher postage rates and higher costs to process such a complaint, I wonder if today’s USPS would bother with such a claim?

If not a stamp collector, permanent acting president pro tempore Lee Warren Metcalf must have been at least philatelically aware.

The American Philatelic Society executive director reports Murray will leave the library in November for a new position at Penn State University.

Too many Americans have a “distorted view” of the country’s history, and the USPS hopes to raise awareness of the new museum, and embrace that history.

Also this week, The U.N. released their 2018 stamp program - which is always much anticipated.

There seem to be few survivors of any given piece, as most of this mail was opened (or not) and then deposited in the nearest trash can.

The likelihood that the new stamp would be sold early grew significantly after the U.S. Postal Service announced an issue date and then postponed it.

The collection was started by the U.S. Post Office Department in the 1860s, and is currently on long-term loan to the museum.

The prominent multimedia artist, whose work has appeared on the cover of Time magazine, is credited with the illustration on the upcoming semipostal.

Also this week, we saw another increase from the USPS, along with an update on the happenings here at LSN.

The stamps were printed and processed by Avery Dennison of Clinton, S.C., a contracting security printer for the Postal Service at that time.

Some collectors and dealers like to use the term to apply to any variation from normal production, no matter how minor.

The two stamps are positioned so that it appears that a player from the past on one of the two stamps is a reflection in the ice of a modern player.

The first semipostal stamp to be issued under the Semipostal Authorization Act will raise funds to fight Alzheimer’s disease.

Stamp collectors, armed with the information provided via Linn’s analysis, won’t be easily fooled by these fraudulent stamps.

The face value of the stamp came in for treatment by some Linn’s readers. One that hit the nail on the head was Beetle observing, “44 must be his waist size!”

Also this week, we explore the fascinating happenings on eBay with exaggerated stamp claims, along with the upcoming 2018 Scott U.S. pocket catalog.

“After opening the fifth package, there was the right-side-up Jenny,” Don Murphy told Linn’s. “Imagine!”

The nondenominated (49¢) U.S. forever stamps will be issued in two different formats: in a pane of 20, and in a souvenir sheet of two stamps.

Shop around and buy the stamp in the best grade and condition you can afford at the best price you find.

Counterfeit RF overprints are not hard to find, but the genuine article is a philatelic prize — especially on cover.

The fifth U.S. semipostal stamp will be issued to support efforts to combat Alzheimer’s, the United States Postal Service revealed Oct. 2.

Among the recent U.S. issues receiving new Scott catalog numbers are the Flowers from the Garden stamps.