Laos, a landlocked Southeast Asian country on the Indochina Peninsula, has issued many colorful and beautifully designed stamps.

The Treasures of Notre Dame series began in 2020 with a July 17 issue showing exterior decorations of Notre Dame.

Liechtenstein’s early 2024 stamps showcase various topics, including nature, art and advocacy.

The eight stamps honor the 170th anniversary of the United Kingdom’s national weather service, known as the Met Office.

Prices vary widely depending on whether the FDC is cacheted or uncacheted, registered or regular mail, addressed or unaddressed, and so on.

The design features a depiction of the only known photograph of Shadd and a reproduction of the masthead of Shadd’s newspaper, the Provincial Freeman.

In the Scott catalogs, the stamps of independent East Timor are listed under and numbered consecutively following those of Timor, the former Portuguese colony.

The program started Jan. 11 with 15 Spice Girls stamps marking the 30th anniversary of the pop group.

This Penny Black on a Mulready letter sheet has an auction estimate of $1.5 million to $2.5 million.

Also this week, taking a closer look at experiments with dull gum on U.S. Eisenhower booklet stamps, and a philatelic word search puzzle focused on stamps issued in 1954.

Dzintars Grinfelds became the first three-time American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors youth champion of champions in the early 2000s.

The green-letter €1.29 Michel Legrand stamp pays the amount for sending letters weighing up to 20 grams to be delivered within three days.

Five stamps in the set of 10 show the Spice Girls performing as a group at various times from 1997 to 2012, and the remaining five show each member during a performance.

The engraved stamp designs feature the recapture of Cayenne by d’Estrees in 1676 and products of French Guiana.

Jersey Post’s Europa contribution features images skillfully captured by local underwater photographer and cold-water swimmer Nicola Miskin.

The stamp shows two cows facing forward. While the cows may look normal at first glance, a closer look reveals that they are statuettes.

The arrangement allowed Stanley Gibbons and its sister numismatic firm, A.H. Baldwin & Sons, to get out of a number of intractable debt situations that had been dragging down their finances for several years.

Collectors of Japanese stamps are likely aware of the implications of a large increase in the letter rate. Japan typically issues hundreds of stamps annually, many in 10-stamp panes with all-different designs.

David M. McLaughlin has served on the foundation’s board of directors since 2019.

Canada Post will continue its tradition of showing wildlife on stamps with a July issue featuring endangered frogs.