Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union have been in a deadlock over pay since April.

On Sept. 21, Canada Post issued a stamp to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1972 Canada-USSR hockey series, now known as the Summit Series.

The queen was a stamp collector, and billions of stamps around the world feature her image.

Greenland’s postal administration, Tusass Greenland, began a new Tattoo Art in Greenland series with two stamps issued Aug. 31.

The stamps are denominated 3 kroner and 35.50k and feature women’s hands with traditional Inuit tattoos.

Post Luxembourg issued a stamp Sept. 13 to commemorate Postcrossing, an online project that allows users to send and receive postcards from random people around the world.

As was the case with the first Boston 2026 label, a limited edition of 450 sheets of the second label was signed by Calle.

Boston 2026 World Expo will take place May 23-30, 2026, at the Boston Convention and Exposition Center.

Among the significant additions made to the Vol. 6 listings are more stamps of Sharjah and new listings for South Kasai and Viet Cong.

The Isle of Man also is offering several related products, including a 28-page booklet containing the stamps.

This set is both scarce and in demand. The Scott catalog values are in italics, indicating that the set is rarely sold, so pricing is difficult to establish.

On Thursday, Sept. 29, Great Britain’s Royal Mail will release its Royal Marines stamp issue at Stampex.

Royal Mail will make further announcements on stamps after consulting with Buckingham Palace once the appropriate amount of time has passed after the funeral.

Queen Elizabeth II died on Sept. 8 at Balmoral Castle in Scotland.

Also this week, a recap of the Great American Stamp Show from an FDC perspective, and our anonymous reviewer looks over a sample of 55 stamps from a worldwide mixture of unused and used off-paper stamps.

Values for the stamps of the island nation of Tuvalu were also carefully reviewed, and approximately 1,800 value changes were made.

An Expert Group has become a fixture of the jury at international stamp shows, including the recent Indonesia 2022 world stamp championship.

This provisional stamp was produced to meet a postal need, and most of the stamps were used for postage.

International support has included financial contributions, aid for Ukrainian refugees, the issuance of commemorative stamps, and the waiving of postal fees, especially for humanitarian shipments into the country.

Also this week, a mysterious Guiseppe Garibaldi stamp phantom, and unusual and rare dead letter return envelopes.