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  • us-stamp-notes-smallest-cover-1945-france
    May 26, 2023, 09:00 AM

    Challenge to find the smallest covers

    In the days before the USPS imposed minimum-size requirements, small covers could be sent both domestically and overseas at normal first-class postal rates.

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    May 25, 2023, 09:30 AM

    Inside Linn’s: Significant postal history isn’t always pretty

    Also this week, a review of a new book dedicated to stamps featuring Donald Trump, and a controversial design element forces recall of a Vatican City stamp for World Youth Day.

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    May 25, 2023, 08:00 AM

    Hop aboard a DC-3 for June cartoon caption contest

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

  • canal-zone-1919-postage-due-stamps
    May 24, 2023, 08:00 AM

    Constant demand for Canal Zone 1919 postage due stamps

    In December 1919, the Canal Zone issued two postage due stamps by overprinting and surcharging stamps of Panama in carmine ink.

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    May 22, 2023, 08:15 AM

    Advertising with U.S. commemorative stamps

    Using stamps to sell (somewhat) related products was not unusual when stamps cost 3¢ each.

  • dollar-sign-stamps-1981-postage-due-cover-toledo
    May 18, 2023, 08:01 AM

    Inside Linn’s: An odd 1981 postage due cover from Toledo

    Also this week, climate change themes on postage stamps, and a word search puzzle focusing on endangered species pictured on stamps.

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    May 16, 2023, 13:00 PM

    Tagging-omitted errors discovered on 2022 Mountain Flora stamps

    Specifically, the errors are postally used on-cover examples of the Pasqueflower stamp and Wood Lily stamp.

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    May 16, 2023, 10:45 AM

    Reporting on U.S. stamp freaks

    There are a lot of variables to freaks that make them difficult to catalog. But these stamps can be fun, too.

  • united-states-1978-americana-statue-liberty-stamps-cover
    May 16, 2023, 08:00 AM

    Doubles with differences on cover, a challenge for the collector who has everything

    Careful examination is sometimes required when the same design is used for different stamps.

  • united-states-cia-invert-plate-block-new
    May 15, 2023, 17:18 PM

    Confirmed count from new CIA Invert pane jumps to 20

    The recently discovered plate number block of the 1986 CIA Invert came from an intact plate strip of 20 from the second pane of 100 of the now famous error.

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    May 15, 2023, 08:30 AM

    June 23 federal duck stamp ceremony location revealed

    The federal duck stamp will reproduce Joseph Hautman’s acrylic painting of three tundra swans in flight.

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    May 11, 2023, 12:00 PM

    Napex 2023 held on 70th anniversary of coronation

    Napex opens on June 2, the 70th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth’s coronation.

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    May 11, 2023, 10:00 AM

    Inside Linn’s: News from around the astrophilatelic world

    Also this week, our Stamp Market Tips columnists tip an attractive stamp from Hawaii issued in 1894, and a review of an assortment of stamps described as a “healthy six-continent mixture.”

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    May 10, 2023, 11:00 AM

    World War II prisoners mail from the United States

    Regardless of where the prisoners were housed, their mail was sent to New York City to be canceled and censored.

  • united-states-2022-charles-schulz-stamps-pane
    May 10, 2023, 08:00 AM

    Charles M. Schulz stamps in strong demand

    The stamps were issued in panes of 20 on Sept. 30, 2022, to commemorate Schulz’s 100th birthday.

  • florida-everglades-priority-mail-stamp-cartoon-caption-contest-winner
    May 9, 2023, 10:30 AM

    April cartoon caption contest winner drains the swamp

    The next contest will be announced in the June 12 issue of Linn’s.

  • united-states-2023-endangered-species-stamps
    May 8, 2023, 12:00 PM

    Twenty Endangered Species stamps May 19 in Wall, S.D.

    National Geographic Explorer and photographer Joel Sartore took the photos featured on the stamps.

  • sescal-stamp-show
    May 5, 2023, 09:00 AM

    Sescal show canceled for 2023 and beyond

    Until 2019, the show was the main event of the Federated Philatelic Clubs of Southern California. Since then, Sescal has been associated with the Philatelic Society of Los Angeles.

  • united-states-2023-waterfalls-stamps
    May 4, 2023, 11:40 AM

    Ceremony details for June 13 Waterfalls stamps

    USPS art director Greg Breeding designed the 12 Waterfalls stamps using existing photographs.

  • james-t-kirk-star-trek-first-day-cover-william-shatner-autograph
    May 4, 2023, 11:30 AM

    Inside Linn’s: In a cover collection far, far away

    Also this week, unissued Slovenian stamps get royal attention, and highlights from a review of a small assortment of used United States stamps issued between 1890 and 1915.

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    Constant demand for Canal Zone 1919 postage due stamps


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