Also this week, a fun word search puzzle focused on various worldwide stamps featuring goddesses, and a favorable review of a compact assortment of stamps from Croatia.

Stephanie Katz has 15 years of experience guiding digital projects, building data tools and improving online search and user experience for a range of organizations.

Both issues, which feature photos taken by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, will be the latest additions to the Stellar Formations series of Priority Mail and Priority Mail Express stamps that began in 2024.

The show is accepting traditional exhibits as well as exhibits on the show’s theme, the American Revolution.

The cachet catalogs by Earl Planty first appeared in the 1970s, but Mellone’s FDC Publishing Co. refined and expanded the concept and made the books available to a wider audience.

The two stamps feature a 1974 Associated Press photo of Ali in a boxing stance.

This marks only the second known attempt by modern counterfeiters to imitate an engraved United States stamp. The first was the 2015 Rose and Heart Love stamp.

Notice of the stamps to be withdrawn from sale was published in the Nov. 7 Postal Bulletin.

Special souvenir cachets will commemorate the show’s theme, which celebrates the 175th Anniversary of the founding of Portland, Ore.

The American Philatelic Society's mission statement is short: “To grow, nurture, and empower a thriving community of stamp and postal history collectors across all experience levels.”

The CFO will be responsible for “delivering financial analysis that informs operational and strategic decision-making across all core functions,” the APS said.

In 2025 the United States Postal Service issued 147 varieties of stamps, five fewer than the 152 stamps that were issued for the 2024 program.

A unique intersection of spirits and stamps will take center stage Dec. 3 in New York City as collectors and whisky enthusiasts gather for Scotch & Stamps: A Tasting and Exhibition Experience.

There’s a reason postcards keep showing up in pop culture. They’re short, visual and sentimental, the analog version of a chorus you can hold in your hand.

A specialist in the U.S. classic period, Mr. Saadi formed landmark collections, most notably his award-winning exhibits of the 1847 issue and the 1851–68 “Struck on Stamps” cancellations.

Also this week, a fun crossword puzzle focused on the U.S. Postal Service, and a celebration of Christmas philately by way of a U.S. 1¢ Jefferson postal card mailed in 1949.

A show cancel and cacheted (decorated) cover that celebrates the 250th anniversary of the United States Postal Service will be available.

There’s something uniquely thrilling about capturing a moment of the postal process in action, especially when it involves that most philatelic of topics: the cancellation of a stamp.

“The ideal candidate is an experienced operations professional with strong business insight and a proven record of leading cross-functional changes, including system and process design,” the APS said.

Trevor Bills is a graduate of the American Philatelic Society’s Young Philatelic Leadership Fellowship and a member of the APS.