Sony Pictures Studio in Culver City, Calif., played host to the first-day ceremony for the new United States Alex Trebek commemorative forever stamp.

The Collectors Club of Chicago will make yearly donations of $5,000 to the Boston 2026 World Expo.

Also this week, an unusual parachute mail experiment from Fort Campbell in Kentucky, and the hot market for modern Mongolia stamps.

It isn’t that often we get a window into what the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee (CSAC) looks like.

Specifically, the error stamp is an example of the Freedom Flag coil stamp (Scott 5789A) printed by Banknote Corporation of America in rolls of 100.

The American Philatelic Society announced in late June that Anthony S. “Tony” Wawrukiewicz (1943-2023), Janet R. Klug (1950-2023), Herbert A. “Herb” Trenchard (1931-2023) and Kenneth B. “Ken” Grant (1948-2023) were inducted in the society’s hall of fame.

“The round shape of the stamps as well as shadowing and reflection effects give the appearance of three-dimensional pinback buttons,” the USPS said.

The event will occur before the 2024 Negro League Legends Hall of Fame East-West vintage baseball game.

Also this week, a look at the inexplicable U.S. 1985 11¢ Stutz Bearcat coil stamp, and exploring authorized delivery stamps issued by Italy and its colonies.

The design of the stamp shows an eagle soaring above forested mountains and valleys against a yellow and crimson sky.

Events abroad — wars, postal strikes, transportation problems and various disasters — have sometimes prevented mail from being sent beyond the borders of the United States.

The designs of the 10 nondenominated (73¢) commemorative stamps highlight characters, creatures and encounters familiar to players of the fantasy role-playing game.

Whoever becomes member number 30,000 of the American First Day Cover Society will be awarded a credit of 30,000 pennies, or the equivalent of $300.

The new $25 duck stamp by artist Chuck Black of Belgrade, Mont., the 91st in the series that began in 1934, features a northern pintail.

The fake 2013 Flag coil stamps are scheduled to be listed in the next edition of the Scott Specialized Catalogue of United States Counterfeits, which is scheduled for publication this fall.

Dana Guyer had served as ASDA executive director since March 1, 2015.

The censorship system during World War II was complicated. Reasons for the inability to send material abroad were numerous.

The official release date and location will be revealed at a later date, the USPS said.

The first issue of Linn’s Weekly Stamp News, dated Nov. 5, 1928, was published by founder George W. Linn of Columbus, Ohio.

The July 31 first-day ceremony for the Hank Aaron stamp will begin at 10 a.m. Eastern Time at Truist Park, home of baseball’s Atlanta Braves.