Maya Angelou stamp creates buzz on Twitter: Morning Report

Linn's Stamp News gives you a quick look at what's going on in the world of stamp-collecting.

1. Maya Angelou stamp buzz

What a great honor, #USPS will issue a new forever stamp featuring Maya Angelou: http://t.co/VYl14gJUHg #NoCeilings

— Chelsea Clinton (@ChelseaClinton) February 24, 2015

Maya Angelou was a friend & an inspiration. Thank you @USPS for honoring her groundbreaking legacy http://t.co/muT8Mj5FOD

— Rep. Barbara Lee (@RepBarbaraLee) February 25, 2015

The U.S. Postal Service will issue a new stamp commemorating Maya Angelou http://t.co/8GgVzWtOgo pic.twitter.com/OKjGSduQHx

— People magazine (@people) February 25, 2015

We are thrilled that @DrMayaAngelou will be memorialized on a @USPS STAMP in April read tribute by @iamSophiaNelson http://t.co/NICdj1SfEO

— ChurchGirlsRedefined (@CGRedefined) February 25, 2015

The @USPSstamps announced yesterday that it will issue a Maya Angelou forever stamp this year. #APSstamps pic.twitter.com/yIdIiBe4en

— Amer Philatelic Soc (@APS_stamps) February 24, 2015

@USPS will have stamp to honor @DrMayaAngelou. Hope they have this one as a choice #DancingMaya: #MayaAngelou pic.twitter.com/JPvN5pG0gg

— Ms. Net (@NETRetired) February 25, 2015

Wonderful news and much deserved! http://t.co/55DyYU7MMK

— Livin' Like Maya (@LivinLikeMaya) February 25, 2015

I can't wait to purchase these. #RIPsorror http://t.co/a44hqo5P6Z

— mrsFAB (@mrsFAB) February 25, 2015

Motha Maya Angelou is getting her own postal stamp. ??

— Kir (@LilMissKirs10) February 25, 2015

2. Where's the moose?

A 21st-century Canadian error known as the “missing moose,” a 2003 $5 stamp with the intaglio-printed brown and green colors missing (Scott 1693a), sold for $4,200 at the Orcoexpo Stamp Show in Anaheim, Calif.

3. Rate change approved

Higher stamp prices proposed by the United States Postal Service have won the endorsement of the Postal Regulatory Commission and will become effective April 26.

4. Yesterday's most-viewed post

USPS announces joint issue with Japan in April

5. Being social

It might be below freezing outside, but spring has sprung inside with the arrival of my cherry blossom @USPSstamps! pic.twitter.com/Mk8ToN5CID

— WaffleW (@WaffleW) February 24, 2015

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