Also this week, a review of blog sites devoted to ships, and a tip to collect an affordable United States 1879 Numeral postage due stamp.

One stamp illustrates a snowman skiing down a slope complete with ski poles, scarf and winter hat. The second stamp pictures a dog wearing a Santa hat while sledding downhill on a wooden sled.

The show is organized by the Florida Stamp Dealers’ Association and the Central Florida Stamp Club.

The program will begin Jan. 17 with a pane of 10 stamps celebrating the Year of the Snake.

France issued its first stamps in 1849-50. The first set of definitives featured the Roman goddess Ceres in the design.

Do readers know of any countries that might have an international postcard rate higher than Denmark’s?

Linn’s Stamp News readers reacted to John Hotchner’s July 8, 2024, article titled “Calling it like it is: World War I war tax.”

Canada Post introduced two stamp issues on Nov. 4 to usher in the Christmas season, continuing a tradition of issuing holiday stamps that began in 1964.

Only a dozen entries came in for the October cartoon caption contest that featured the 1996 32¢ stamp (Scott 3087) depicting the Discobolus statue

Two Thanksgiving-themed pictorial postmarks have been made available by the Plymouth 400 Legacy organization.

“This stamp issue reminds us of the enormous contributions made by ordinary Canadians who chose to give their all when their country called on them,” Canada Post said on its Perspectives blog.

On Nov. 11-12, Rumsey will present its extensive fall sale of United States and worldwide stamps and postal history. The Nov. 15 sale features important Mexico stamps and postal history.

Henry Clay was an American statesman who served as a congressman and as a senator from the state of Kentucky.

In the lecture Hotchner will describe how his many activities in philately were launched from his writing for Linn’s.

The yearbook includes 108 stamps and matching mounts from what the Postal Service calls its “collectible program,” or what collectors typically call commemoratives.

Scott English will remain as executive director while the APS board conducts a search for his replacement.

In 1969 the UNPA opened a branch in Geneva and started issuing stamps denominated in Swiss francs. This followed the successful opening of the UNPA in New York in 1951.

Rating early United States covers is a pastime of postal history specialists, and the goal is to be able to figure out exactly what the postage pays for on a cover.

The different arrangement concerns the show’s approach to the dealer, postal administration and auctioneer booths at the event.

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