United States stamp collectors may recognize Wyman’s work from the 1972 Olympic Games stamps.

The new rule change proposal will also affect who can judge the annual art contest.

Also this week, a Linn’s columnist discovers a new variety on a Saudi Arabian railway tax stamp from the 1920s, and a positive report on a mixture of 100 stamps from Nepal.

For fans of plate number singles, the national group that encourages collectors and promotes this collecting area is the American Plate Number Single Society.

The illustrations in the margins appear to provide a peek at the stamp designs that are yet to come.

The nearly hour-long meeting included multiple reports from APS executive director Scott D. English.

Two former presidents — Bill Clinton and Barack Obama — whom Ifill covered, sent their congratulations for the stamp honor.

The discovery came when an irate customer returned the defective roll of stamps, complaining that she was “unable to separate the stamps.”

Also this week, address banners on telegraph envelopes reveal the steady consolidation of the Western Union Telegraph Co. in the 1850s, and expanding a topical collection into the world of Swiss picture postal cards.

When separate hobbies intersect, it can be a positive and rewarding experience.

Because of the complexity, when a color variety comes out of the stamp printing process, it is easy to misdiagnose.

Messages of love and charity were extended at the Jan. 23 first-day ceremony for the new Made of Hearts Love stamp in Memphis, Tenn.

Also this week, understanding “held for postage” markings on U.S. mail, and a packet of worldwide stamps serves up several issues with high catalog values.

The Wild Orchids stamps are all offset-printed and processed by the same contractor, Banknote Corporation of America.

The 2018 The Art of Magic issue includes two different forever stamps featuring the same trick: pulling a rabbit out of a hat.

The airmail stamps produced by the dry printing method are fairly common as single mint stamps and even as plate number blocks.

The Postal Service describes the new Let’s Celebrate stamp as appropriate for any joyous event.

No first-day ceremony is planned for the new Presorted Star coil stamp that will be used on large quantities of business letter mail.

Sales of the three semipostal stamps generate funds supporting wildlife conservation and research on breast cancer and Alzheimer’s disease.

The ceremony for the Gwen Ifill stamp will take place at 11 a.m. Friday in the Peachtree Corners room of the show hotel.