Stampex will be available via an app for easier use on a smartphone or tablet, and collectors around the globe can connect via live chat and video calling.

Canada Post honored Chloe Cooley, whose act of resistance influenced legislation leading to the abolition of slavery in Upper Canada, on a stamp issued Jan. 30.

The Bordeaux cover has graced the collections of Alfred Lichtenstein, Maurice Burrus, Hiroyuki Kanai and Arthur Hind.

The club began in 1923 as the St. Petersburg Stamp and Coin Club with just 10 members.

The six stamps in the set depict the humanoid characters and imaginative creatures who populate the Avatar film franchise’s universe.

One stamp features a blue rabbit holding a pen and paper, and the other shows three rabbits running in a circle.

On Dec. 18, 1953, Guatemala issued a set of nine airmail stamps commemorating the National Fair held Oct. 20, 1953.

The APS will continue to provide StampStore sellers the same services, including scanning, posting, fulfillment, and fielding questions from buyers.

Subjects to be honored include X-men, King Charles III, river wildlife and Harry Potter.

Also this week, a collector fondly recalls a visit to the Liberec 2022 show in the Czech Republic, and servicing the Great American Stamp Show’s first-day covers will require many envelopes.

Royal Mail pulled images from eight of the band’s more than 2,000 live performances for the set of eight stamps, which feature all six current members of the band.

The design of the stamps shows Malayans planting rice in the foreground with a map of Malaya in the background.

The number 1,000 is key to two separate celebrations to take place at the Great American Stamp Show Aug. 10-13 in Cleveland, Ohio.

Also this week, an introduction to the Spitzbergen tourist stamps of Norway, and a postal salute to the United States Naval Academy.

The stamps are denominated $1.40 for use from the post office at U.N. headquarters in New York City.

The Mexico-Elmhurst Philatelic Society International held its first meeting in 1935 in Elmhurst, Ill.

Notable among the 2023 stamps will be the issuance of the first definitives honoring King Charles III.

Unlike most Canadian high-denomination stamps, the $4 Bighorn Sheep stamp was only on sale for a few years.

The 2022 award ceremony was held in the Ceramics Hall of the Fioroni Museum in Legnago.

Also this week, a United States 1998 business reply mail cover comes with a nice dollar-sign surprise on the back, and a review of North Atlantic Non-Contract Steamship Sailings, 1838-1875 by Richard F. Winter and John H. Barwis.