The course will be offered in three sessions Jan. 5, Jan. 7 and Jan. 12.

This set is popular with collectors of the topics of Olympics and sports.

Also this week, a 1907 1¢ postcard that cleverly carried an extra Christmas greeting note, and a sample from a mixture of 200+ worldwide stamps yields some nice surprises.

Stamp clubs and societies quickly adapted to technology, with many of them holding digital meetings via online platforms.

Ireland’s new Christmas stamps combine the traditional with the contemporary, ranging from the Nativity to a video call.

Military stamps allow members of the military to send letters home without paying postage fees.

This holiday season, Canada Post took an extra step to thank its nearly 68,000 employees for all that they have done this year.

On Nov. 4 Finland’s post office, Posti, issued three Christmas stamps, plus a stamp featuring a winter scene.

The pane includes 10 $1.20 stamps for use from the post office at U.N. headquarters in New York City and 10 attached labels.

So far a number of major World Series of Philately shows that are typically held in January and February have been canceled.

Switzerland’s new Stamp Day semipostal features a dove carrying a letter in its beak.

The program will begin Feb. 19 with two stamps in its Polar series, which was introduced in 2018.

The Crypto souvenir sheets were developed in conjunction with the United Nations Office of Information and Communications Technology.

This set from 1940 is of interest to British Empire collectors, worldwide classic collectors and topical collectors.

The subjects range from Mother Teresa, to a campaign to fight against racism and discrimination, to World Toilet Day.

The report noted that the most valuable volume contained approximately $150,000 of United States material.

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was memorialized on two souvenir sheets issued by Grenada shortly after her death Sept. 18 at age 87.

Also this week, the concluding installment of treasures from the Finkelburg essay and proof collections, and our anonymous reviewer cheers a mixture of worldwide stamps issued from 1858 to 2011.

The souvenir sheet was printed at the same size as an actual sheet of toilet paper with a self-adhesive foil added to the reverse to hold it together.

Royal Mail Group Ltd. and the design firm Up designed the stamps, using photographs from different sources.