Reading Linn’s 87 years later

U.S. Stamp Notes by John M. Hotchner

Linn’s Stamp News, originally called Linn’s Weekly Stamp News, will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2028. Early issues of Linn’s are sometimes found in dealer accumulations of documents, periodicals and photos related to philately. Recently, I was lucky to find the issue of June 26, 1937.

That issue of Linn’s Weekly Stamp News included 16 pages (pages 577-592 of the year 1937).

The cover of the issue, which is shown nearby, features an ad by Linprint Inc. of Columbus, Ohio, for “handsome cacheted covers” for three stamp issues that were to be released later in 1937: the 3¢ Northwest Territory stamp (Scott 795), issued July 13; the 5¢ Virginia Dare stamp (796), Aug. 18; and the Society of Philatelic Americans souvenir sheet (797), Aug. 26.

Also, 10 of the 16 pages in the June 26, 1937, Linn’s Weekly Stamp News were advertising of one type or another.

The six pages of stories included articles about New Zealand’s Christmas stamps, a British Forces in Egypt seal, and English marginal control markings, plus a report from ...

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