The United States 2013 Riveters on Empire State Building commemorative was the cartoon caption contest stamp for June.

The Luff award is the most prestigious recognition presented by the American Philatelic Society to a living philatelist.

Linn’s and Scott catalog editors closely examined the strip and determined that the stamps were convincing counterfeits of their genuine counterparts.

The design of the nondenominated (73¢) commemorative stamp is a bit unusual in that it doesn’t picture Trebek.

Also this week, a philatelic adventure involving the April 8 total solar eclipse, and a 1934 set of 10 United States stamps that has long been a favorite of U.S. collectors.

The five new 1¢, 2¢, 3¢, 5¢ and 10¢ Flowers stamps feature photographer Harold Davis’ pictures of a fringed tulip, daffodils, peonies, red tulips, and poppies and coneflowers, respectively.

The 5¢ blue Pocahontas stamp is the high denomination of the three-stamp Jamestown Exposition issue.

Sometimes you stumble across mail-related items in the strangest of places, and sometimes the most appropriate of places.

The large postal stationery envelope for use from the post office at U.N. headquarters in New York City is denominated 73¢.

The deadline to submit the exhibit prospectus is Oct. 7, or until frames are filled.

What do these Scott numbers signify? In short, each stamp’s listing in an upcoming edition of the 2025 Scott catalogs.

The show will feature approximately 25 dealers, a cachetmakers’ bourse and a silent auction.

For the first time in the 148-year history of Amos Media Co., publisher of Linn’s Stamps News, the organization is directly involved in the creation of a show for collectors and dealers.

What current U.S. stamp could be used to protest today’s diminishing postal service?

When viewed side-by-side, the fake Western Wear pane is a close match to its genuine counterpart.

The museum was founded in 1961 to house the philatelic collection of Cardinal Francis Spellman.

The U.S. Postal Service will issue a stamp for the Canadian-American game show host Alex Trebek (1940-2020)

The object of the tax, which raised the postcard rate from 1¢ to 2¢ and the first-class rate from 2¢ to 3¢, was to fund U.S. participation in World War I.

Also this week, a 1932 cover with a trifecta of oddness, and our Stamp Market Tips columnists recommend a stamp from the popular United States 1869 Pictorial issue.

The new duck stamp features Montana artist Chuck Black’s oil painting of a northern pintail floating on the water in a marshland.