Also this week, a profile of a collector who pursues U.S. first-day covers with a dragon theme, and our anonymous reviewer looks at a worldwide mixture that serves up some stamps with high catalog values.

On the stamps, the white blossoms are Malus “Maybride,” and the pink blossoms are Malus “Rosseau.”

Something as simple as a pack of used stamps and a stock book might go a long way in introducing someone to stamp collecting.

Also this week, the fascinating stories behind postal cards that traveled around the world during 1878-81, and an appreciation of Switzerland’s mountains shown on its stamps.

The London 2020 show, originally scheduled for May 2-9, 2020, at the same location, was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

This stamp set is of interest to both Japanese and Chinese collectors.

An upcoming stamp from Aland commemorates a weather satellite named after an American of Aland descent, Verner E. Suomi.

The USPS’ no-die-cut press sheets have sold out fast.

A new stamp from Brazil reproduces a famous black-and-white photograph of John Lennon.

Featured are the Peary caribou, ermine and snowshoe hare on vertically formatted stamps, and the northern collared lemming and Arctic fox on horizontally formatted stamps.

Spink, the London-based philatelic auction house, is the official sponsor of the show.

The vertical and horizontal grid points can be seen from the back of the stamp, with or without magnification depending on how good your eyesight is.

A total of 29,410 votes were cast in the poll.

The 10 stamps reproduce artwork from the three-volume Makoto Hanaki, Japan’s earliest botanical pictorial book.

Also this week, how a missing Transjordan overprint on a Hejaz stamp led to a misunderstanding, and a positive assessment of the state of first-day cover collecting.

Royal Mail, in partnership with BBC Studios, revealed the stamp images Feb. 2.

The four stamps are part of a new series highlighting the hobbies of Romanian kings.

There is demand for this stamp from collectors of Polish stamps as well as space topical collectors.

Having these numbers handy will allow you to easily locate these stamps in the Scott catalogs and learn about their production and values.

The show will include a dealer bourse (sales floor) of more than 18,000 square feet.