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US Stamps
Feb 20, 2019, 9 PMWhy is there a precancel on an officially sealed label?
While regular postage stamps and even postage due stamps need to be invalidated by cancellation to prevent reuse, that isn’t true for officially sealed labels. -
US Stamps
Feb 20, 2019, 11 AMTip: U.S. 1¢ Official stamps overprinted "SPECIMEN"
Keep your eyes peeled for examples with the "SEPCIMEN" spelling error. These have catalog values of $1,900 and up. -
World Stamps
Feb 20, 2019, 10 AMNew world stamps emphasize science
Spain and Algeria celebrate 2019 as the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements; Israel commemorates a program called "Science Oriented Youth." -
Postal Updates
Feb 20, 2019, 9 AMLincoln, Neb. postmark for Linpex, APS Stampshow
The Linpex cancel gives a tip of the hat to this year’s APS Stampshow coming to Omaha, Neb. in August. -
World Stamps
Feb 19, 2019, 11 AMMarvel superheroes stamps March 14 from Royal Mail
A new set of 15 stamps depicting popular Marvel superheroes will be issued March 14 by Great Britain’s Royal Mail. -
World Stamps
Feb 18, 2019, 8 PMListening to stamps: Europa’s birdsongs
Each year, PostEurop, the Association of European Public Postal Operators, selects a theme for the multination Europa series. As announced in the July 10, 2017, issue of Linn’s, the theme for 2019 is birds. -
World Stamps
Feb 18, 2019, 10 AMU.S. troops convalesced in Monaco after World War I
A new engraved stamp from Monaco marks the 100th anniversary of United States’ troops convalescing in Monaco. -
US Stamps
Feb 18, 2019, 10 AMAnnual stamp yearbook debuted in January
The United States Postal Service continues its tradition of publishing an annual stamp yearbook with The 2018 Stamp Yearbook released in January. -
US Stamps
Feb 15, 2019, 3 PMLarge crowd at Ameristamp Expo in Mesa, Ariz.
The final APS Ameristamp Expo opened to a great crowd of enthusiastic collectors at 10 a.m. on Feb. 15. -
US Stamps
Feb 15, 2019, 2 PMAPS executive director agrees to new contract
The American Philatelic Society has retained the services of its executive director, Scott D. English, for at least another two years. -
World Stamps
Feb 15, 2019, 9 AMStamps of Labuan: Inside Linn’s
Also this week, a Priority Mail stamp is used to mail flu kits, and how the longest-running first-day cover cachet line continues to thrive. -
US Stamps
Feb 15, 2019, 9 AMMissing wife puzzle solved
Linn’s readers help settle the mystery presented on a 1¢ postal card, canceled in March 1895 in Little Falls, Wash. -
Postal Updates
Feb 15, 2019, 8 AMU.S. Postal Service governors, postmaster, address UPU exit
United States Postal Service board of governors fully supports the administration’s decision to move to self-declared rates. -
US Stamps
Feb 15, 2019, 8 AMReflections on the forever stamp: Week’s Most Read
Editor-in-Chief Jay Bigalke’s thoughts on the forever stamp and other popular stories from the past week. -
Auctions
Feb 14, 2019, 2 PMAmelia Earhart signature cover in upcoming Cherrystone auction
This 1935 cover that traveled on a solo Earhart flight from Mexico City is offered in the March 12-13 auction in New York City. -
US Stamps
Feb 13, 2019, 11 AMA claret brown Franklin stamp to seek
This week, our tipsters highlight this 1914 United States 12¢ claret brown Benjamin Franklin stamp. -
US Stamps
Feb 13, 2019, 9 AMLow contest entries for Lennon forever stamp
This stamp drew the least entries of any contest since this feature began in 1986. -
World Stamps
Feb 12, 2019, 9 AMExotic gardenias appear on Canada’s annual flower stamps
Canada Post’s two new permanent-rate stamps in its popular Spring Flowers series picture cape jasmine gardenias. -
World Stamps
Feb 12, 2019, 8 AMDrawings by da Vinci pictured on British stamps
Great Britain’s Royal Mail remembers the 500th anniversary of da Vinci’s death in this 12-stamp issue released Feb. 13. -
Postal Updates
Feb 11, 2019, 9 AMLoveland, Colo., postmark celebrates Valentine’s Day
The Valentine Remailing Program of Loveland, Colo., is sponsoring a pictorial postmark celebrating love.