More than 200 Scouts completed the requirements for the stamp collecting merit badge at the jamboree.

Ginsburg is the 14th member of the Supreme Court to appear on a U.S. postage stamp.

Dealer Henry Gitner of Middletown, N.Y., alerted Linn’s Stamp News to the new tagging-omitted error.

Preliminary artwork seen by Linn’s Stamp News shows an image from one of the four Snow Globes forever stamps issued Sept. 19 in a double-sided pane of 20.

The show will feature a bourse (sales area) of 38 dealers and 170 frames of exhibits.

Linn’s Stamp News first saw the Flowers Postage Stamps ad in a Sept. 12 post on Facebook by Wayne Youngblood, who writes The Odd Lot column for Linn’s.

A bourse (sales area) of more than 20 dealers will offer postcards and stamps, and exhibits will be on display.

The earliest documented use of the stamp is June 22, 1887.

The new nondenominated (66¢) Winter Woodland Animals stamps will be issued in double-sided panes of 20.

Entries with a touch of humor or irony stand the best chance of winning the contest.

The publications are available for purchase from the Amos Advantage website.

U.S. mail addressed to England sometimes had a black or gray diamond marking on the front.

Also this week, answering questions about an unusual device for creating exhibit and album pages, and an explanation of the origins of bogus stamps picturing the ship Clara Rothe.

Of 199 entries submitted to this year’s competition, 24 entries (including Black’s) made it to the final round of judging.

The first-day ceremony for the new United States Pinatas stamps helped kick off National Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs Sept. 15 through Oct. 15.

Renowned portrait artist Michael J. Deas of New Orleans, using a photograph by Philip Bermingham, created the painting of Ginsburg (1933-2020) that appears on the stamp.

Founded in 1949, the American Topical Association is the world’s largest collecting organization specializing in subject-related philately.

Also this week, a review of a new program and additional information on a philatelic website called the Stamp Web, and a word search focused on stamps with what some might consider an unlucky Scott catalog number.

Included in upcoming Scott catalog listings for the Bridges coil stamps are unlettered listings for a plate number strip of seven and a plate number strip of nine.

Both covers are attractive, cost extra at the time, and certainly reflect the love that the senders felt for the recipients.