Each stamp has a barcode printed in a matching color and separated by a simulated wavy-line die cut. The barcode can be scanned with a smartphone.

Mr. Sismondo, widely regarded as an expertizer, stamp dealer and author, was profiled in Linn’s Most Influential Philatelists and Their Epic Stamp Stories, published in 2022.

On Oct. 15, 1901, a special delivery stamp was issued for the Philippines by overprinting “Philippines” on the U.S. 10¢ dark blue Running Messenger special delivery stamp.

The Flowers stamps are the first from Great Britain’s Royal Mail to feature the silhouette of King Charles III.

The 250-som stamp shows a wide swath of Kyrgyzstan’s Chaar-Tash mountain range.

The world stamp exhibition Ibra 2023 will take place May 25-28 in Essen, Germany

The stamp shows a hand-painted ceramic bowl crafted in medieval Iran nearly 700 years ago and housed in the Royal Ontario Museum collection since 1909.

This special exhibit is titled “Memorial Imprint 2.0: COVID-19 Prevention Stamp Exhibition.”

Brunei has a conservative stamp-issuing policy, only releasing about 700 stamps subsequent to the first issue.

An issue described as “Animal Mothers and Babies” will come in April, Canada Post said.

The China Stamp Society will hold seminars in addition to its convention at the show.

Ukraine continues to deliver defiant messages to Russia via stamp designs one year after the invasion began on Feb. 24, 2022.

Royal Mail said its rates remain competitive compared to other European postal operators.

The Flying Scotsman steam locomotive emerged from the former Great Northern Railway works at Doncaster, England, in February 1923.

The United Nations Postal Administration launched its Endangered Species stamp series in 1993.

In addition to the interest of France and area collectors, this is a popular stamp with fish and fauna topical collectors.

Linn’s Stamp News will produce a postcard for the meetup that will be available to the attendees.

The award will be given to the best exhibit of material depicting, honoring or relating to Queen Elizabeth II.

The sheet commemorates the Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries being held March 5-9 in Doha, Qatar.

Patricia “Trish” Kaufmann has been for many years the leading dealer in U.S. Civil War philatelic material, including the stamps and postal history of the Confederate States.