Okpex will feature a bourse (sales area) of 10 dealers, a youth table with buckets of free stamps and more than 110 frames of competitive exhibits.

Also this week, a tip to acquire the United States 2016 Classics Forever stamps issued in a pane of six, and a detailed review of a mixture of 37 stamps from 20 different stamp-issuing entities.

The show will feature a bourse (sales area) of 60 dealers, including representatives from the United States Postal Service and the United Nations Postal Administration.

While the album space for the 16¢ Curtiss Jenny stamp might be filled in most collections, many collectors are always looking for a better example to upgrade their collection.

Postcrossing meetups at World Series of Philately stamp shows so far this year have proven to be popular.

The Flag stamps will be issued in six varieties, according to technical details published in the May 1 issue of the Postal Bulletin.

Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) was the 28th president of the United States, from 1912 to 1921.

The United States Postal Service released a collector’s set in conjunction with the Battlefields of the American Revolution forever stamps. The stamps were issued April 16.

The stamps (from top to bottom) picturing presidents Warren G. Harding, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Dwight D. Eisenhower are completely missing the tagging.

The Baby Wild Animals stamps will be issued in double-sided panes of 20 featuring two of each design.

Directions for casting ballots and candidate statements were published in the May issue of the American Philatelist, the official monthly journal of the APS.

The design of a United States forever commemorative stamp honoring former first lady Barbara Bush (1925-2018) was unveiled May 8.

The immediate sellout of this press sheet underscores its popularity among philatelists and history enthusiasts.

The scarcer and more expensive pairs are in great demand, but counterfeits made from pairs of imperforate stamps are rife.

Barbara Bush was the wife of George H.W. Bush (1924-2018), who served as president of the United States from 1989 to 1993.

The show will feature at least 32 dealers, 13 society and activity booths and up to 400 exhibit frames.

U.S. Postal Service art director Antonio Alcala designed the three stamps.

The cover has been signed by Capt. Mitsuo Fuchida (1902-76) of the Imperial Japanese Navy.

“This is the first time a northern shoveler has been selected for the Junior Duck Stamp,” according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Ralph Kimble was a pioneer in bringing stamp collecting to the airwaves and initiated a weekly philatelic broadcast in 1930.