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  • cook-islands-surcharged-black-gold-angelfish-stamp
    Oct 6, 2020, 10:30 AM

    Cook Islands stamp appears with unlisted surcharge and no explanation

    The Scott editors would welcome seeing an example of this surcharged stamp on a commercial cover.

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    Oct 5, 2020, 14:41 PM

    Six new British stamps celebrate pollinating insects

    Royal Mail worked with ecologist, entomologist and president of the Royal Entomological Society Helen Roy on this Brilliant Bugs issue.

  • suriname-1949-women-netherlands-surinam-airmail-stamp
    Oct 5, 2020, 10:15 AM

    Suriname 1949 airmail valid only on first flight

    Despite being relatively inexpensive, the stamp is not that easy to find.

  • marshall-islands-2020-covid-19-souvenir-sheet
    Oct 2, 2020, 10:00 AM

    Agency honors medical community after its president survives COVID-19

    Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corporation has organized an omnibus issue of COVID-19 stamps that pay tribute to the medical community.

  • france-1870-ballon-monte-cover
    Oct 2, 2020, 08:00 AM

    Inside Linn’s: Balloons and the 1870-71 Franco-Prussian War

    Also this week, tracing the roots of the Penny Post in Great Britain, and an appreciation of Swiss stamps that picture bridges.

  • belgium-2020-1920s-decade-celebration-stamps
    Sep 28, 2020, 14:00 PM

    New stamps highlight trends, events of three decades

    The decades of the 1920s, 1980s and 2010s are examined on new stamps from Belgium, Jersey and Spain, respectively.

  • Belgium-battle-waterloo-antwerp-panoramic-stamps
    Sep 25, 2020, 08:00 AM

    Inside Linn’s: Panoramic stamps offer big views

    Also this week, sharing up-to-date information on U.S. domestic postal rates, and exploring the tangled connection between grace periods and first-day covers for the U.S. 1974 6.3¢ Liberty Bell coil stamp.

  • france-2020-tracking-numbers-booklet-stamps
    Sep 20, 2020, 11:00 AM

    France issuing tracking stamps in booklet of nine Oct. 19

    The stamps are nondenominated, paying the green-letter (second-class) rate, currently €0.97. The green domestic rate travels only by ground transportation.

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    Sep 17, 2020, 09:30 AM

    AAPE single-frame Champion of Champions competition goes online

    This is the first time a major North American exhibiting award will be determined in a virtual competition.

  • canada-post-2020-community-foundation-semipostal-stamp
    Sep 16, 2020, 11:20 AM

    Canada Post continues semipostal series with new stamp Sept. 21

    The semipostal stamp features an illustration by Isabelle Arsenault, an award-winning illustrator of children’s books.

  • new-south-wales-1897-queen-victoria-diamond-jubilee-semipostal-stamp
    Sep 16, 2020, 08:45 AM

    New South Wales issued world’s first semipostals

    The 1897 New South Wales semipostals commemorated the diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria.

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    Sep 10, 2020, 16:54 PM

    World Heritage sites in Russia on new U.N. set

    The six stamps and three prestige booklets in UNPA’s Russia World Heritage set were issued Sept. 11.

  • soviet-union-1964-mushroom-stamp
    Sep 10, 2020, 15:00 PM

    Look for Soviet Union Mushroom miniature sheets of 25

    When buying, make sure that there are no folds or creases and no perforation separation, which greatly detract from the value.

  • canada-2020-medical-groundbreakers-stamps
    Sep 10, 2020, 13:48 PM

    Canada Post set recognizes modern medical innovators

    The designs show six of the country’s cutting-edge physicians and researchers.

  • mozambique-company-1937-pictorial-bicolor-snake-stamp
    Sep 7, 2020, 13:00 PM

    Mozambique Company offers affordable classic stamps

    The engraved, bicolor stamps issued by the company from the 1910s to the 1930s are colorful and attractive.

  • scott-2021-standard-postage-stamp-catalogue-volume-six
    Sep 6, 2020, 12:30 PM

    What’s new for 2021 Scott Standard catalog volumes 6A and 6B?

    Singapore, Sweden and United Arab Emirates are among the countries that received a thorough review for the Scott volume 6 catalogs.

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    Sep 4, 2020, 14:45 PM

    Britain’s beloved bear turns 100, arrives on new stamps

    Great Britain’s Royal Mail has issued eight stamps Sept. 3 for the 100th anniversary of the revered Rupert Bear comic, which first appeared in the Daily Express in 1920.

  • great-britain-king-george-iii-indenture document-embossed-revenue-stamp
    Sep 4, 2020, 08:24 AM

    Inside Linn’s: The joys of collecting British revenue stamps

    Also this week, a review of Civil War-era Cleage envelopes, and an introduction to the Escudito stamps of Argentina.

  • norway-2020-edvard-munch-museum-stamp
    Sep 2, 2020, 08:15 AM

    New Munch Museum, other architecture on recent stamps

    Another art museum with an unusual design is featured on the latest stamp in Austria’s Modern Architecture series.

  • argentina-2019-tango-dancers-semipostal-stamp
    Sep 1, 2020, 08:18 AM

    Argentine Tango semipostal tops music stamp poll

    Motivgruppe Musik has conducted an annual poll to determine the most popular music stamp of the year since 1980.

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