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.

The program will begin with four issues, one of which celebrates the 50th birthday of Queen Mathilde, who was born Jan. 20, 1973.

Artist Nguyen Quang Vinh designed the stamps, which are denominated 4,000 dong and 15,000d.

Also this week, first-day covers created by the artist of the U.S. 2022 Hanukkah stamp, and a review of a mixture of postally used mostly large European stamps.

On May 20, 1937, Guatemala issued a set of 12 stamps commemorating the second term of President Jorge Ubico Castaneda.

Also this week, the intriguing backstory of the unveiling of the United States 1994 World Cup souvenir sheet, and an exploration of covers carried by trans-Pacific Clippers on the eve of Pearl Harbor.

Among the enhancements for the Scott Classic Specialized catalog this year were changes in the Indian Feudatory States with a reorganization of listings and more.

The company got its start through a full-page ad in Linn’s.

The two stamps issued by Swiss Post on Nov. 10 depict a brick-built chalet on the 90-franc denomination and a cow on the 1.10fr.

Also this week, an unforgivable philatelic horror story driven by greed, and colonial stamps honor a Free French hero.

The Tutankhamun set includes 12 stamps, eight in four horizontal se-tenant (side-by-side) pairs and four in a souvenir sheet.

From 1906 to 1926, Tunisia issued a set of 29 definitive stamps.

The 2022 symposium will cover political systems, postal administrations and the mail.

According to Royal Mail, customers can now send mail franked with definitive stamps without barcodes for the six months following Jan. 31, 2023.

Why has the Machin design endured and thrived for five decades? There are several reasons.

What’s old becomes new again on a stamp issued Oct. 21 by Austrian Post.