Spain issued the world’s first autogiro stamp in 1935. The design of this 2-peseta gray blue stamp shows a la Cierva autogiro in flight over Seville.

Canada Post revealed the stamp design Oct. 13 and issued the stamp the same day in a booklet of 10 and a pane of six.

Canada Post issued the five stamps Oct. 8 after revealing the designs one day at a time starting Oct. 4.

Stanley Gibbons announced Oct. 4 that it has selected the online platform Showpiece to facilitate fractional ownership of the 1¢ Magenta.

The stamps are in four se-tenant horizontal pairs. One stamp in each pair shows a scene from a women’s rugby match, and the other depicts a men’s match.

Also this week, thoughts on the state of first-day cover collecting, and a mixture of recent stamps from Norway serves up some high catalog values.

The stamps show what appear to be a calla lily, beetle and crane, respectively. Additional creatures shown in the selvage include a tiger, fish, turtle and panda.

Canada Post is unveiling five new stamps honoring editorial cartoonists one day at a time.

Also this week, a celebration of France’s Art series that began 60 years ago, and the second part of a detailed exploration of counterfeit United States postal cards.

The show was scheduled for Oct. 29-30 at the American Philatelic Center in Bellefonte, Pa.

The 10c and 50c postal tax stamps are infrequently offered and usually sell for a good deal more than their Scott catalog values.

Canada Post is working with Indigenous experts for the 2022 stamp.

Aerial photographs of the Dubai Expo 2020 pavilions are featured on a new souvenir sheet from the United Nations Postal Administration.

The individual stamps are each printed in panes of 20 and feature a different engraving-style portrait of Lennon by Swedish-born artist Martin Morck.

The Penny Black is the logical starting point for a collection of Scott No. 1 stamps of the world.

This semipostal is the 10th issue in an annual series that began in 2012 with the establishment of the Canada Post Community Foundation.

Royal Mail worked closely with the British Ministry of Defence to plan and develop the British Army Vehicles stamps.

The designs show Pioneers preventing theft from a mailbox, preventing destruction of property, recovering a stranded kite, and a girl Pioneer saluting.

The Linn’s Stamp News editorial team is planning a special edition publication to be mailed with the January 2022 monthly magazine.

Also this week, shining the philatelic spotlight on counterfeit United States postal cards, and the philatelic connections between a Norwegian television show and a crown princess and a U.S. president.