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    World Stamps

    Sep 9, 2022, 12 PM

    Royal Mail issues guidance following queen’s death

    Royal Mail will make further announcements on stamps after consulting with Buckingham Palace once the appropriate amount of time has passed after the funeral.

  • tuvalu-queen-elizabeth-memorial-stamps-souvenir-sheet

    World Stamps

    Sep 9, 2022, 11 AM

    IGPC announces forthcoming Queen Elizabeth II memorial stamp issues

    Queen Elizabeth II died on Sept. 8 at Balmoral Castle in Scotland.

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    US Stamps

    Sep 9, 2022, 8 AM

    Oct. 11 first-day ceremony for Snowy Beauty stamps in Indiana

    The USPS will issue the Snowy Beauty stamps in double-sided panes (booklets) of 20.

  • registered-first-day-cover-minsk-belarus-smolensk-russia

    World Stamps

    Sep 8, 2022, 12 PM

    Inside Linn’s: The enigmatic Commonwealth of Independent States

    Also this week, a recap of the Great American Stamp Show from an FDC perspective, and our anonymous reviewer looks over a sample of 55 stamps from a worldwide mixture of unused and used off-paper stamps.

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    Postal Updates

    Sep 8, 2022, 9 AM

    Oklahoma City letter carrier marks 66 years with USPS

    Bell became a carrier in 1956, and he has spent his entire postal career in Oklahoma City.

  • yamil-kouri-tiffany-talk-great-american-stamp-show

    US Stamps

    Sep 7, 2022, 1 PM

    Yamil Kouri delivers annual Tiffany Talk at Great American Stamp Show

    During his talk, Kouri recounted the excitement he felt when he attended Ameripex 86, his first international stamp show.

  • united-states-1903-ulysses-grant-stamp

    US Stamps

    Sep 7, 2022, 8 AM

    The 4¢ brown Grant stamp is a good buy

    The stamp is a good buy in very fine grade at 80 percent to 90 percent of Scott catalog value.

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    US Stamps

    Sep 6, 2022, 8 AM

    Behind-the-scenes look at the Legends of the West fiasco

    The first part of a feature article by Joe Brockert appears within the pages of the September Linn’s Stamp News monthly magazine.

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    US Stamps

    Sep 5, 2022, 11 AM

    U.S. Christmas stamp to arrive Sept. 22 at Museum of Fine Arts in Boston

    The 16th-century painting featured on the stamp is the work of a Florentine artist known as the Master of the Scandicci Lamentation.

  • united-states-2022-national-marine-sanctuaries-stamps-pane

    US Stamps

    Sep 5, 2022, 8 AM

    Marine Sanctuaries, other U.S. stamps receive Scott catalog numbers

    What do these Scott numbers signify? In short, each stamp’s listing in an upcoming edition of the 2023 Scott catalogs.

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    Auctions

    Sep 2, 2022, 1 PM

    Sept. 20 Kelleher sale features Bates Canal Zone collection

    A highlight is a mint example of the well-known 1962 4¢ Thatcher Ferry Bridge stamp with silver omitted.

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    World Stamps

    Sep 2, 2022, 10 AM

    What’s new for 2023 Scott Standard catalog Volume 6?

    Values for the stamps of the island nation of Tuvalu were also carefully reviewed, and approximately 1,800 value changes were made.

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    Sep 1, 2022, 8 PM

    By Topic – September 2022

    The listings from the September 2022 Scott New Issues Update fall into a wide range of popular topical collecting areas.

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    World Stamps

    Sep 1, 2022, 12 PM

    The duties of the Expert Group at the Indonesia 2022 international exhibition

    An Expert Group has become a fixture of the jury at international stamp shows, including the recent Indonesia 2022 world stamp championship.

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    Postal Updates

    Sep 1, 2022, 11 AM

    USPS outlines plans for new sorting and delivery centers

    Postmaster General Louis Dejoy’s delivering for America plan calls for the creation of sorting and delivery centers to speed up mail delivery.

  • united-states-1957-school-teachers-stamp

    US Stamps

    Sep 1, 2022, 9 AM

    Back to school for September cartoon caption contest

    There will be two prizes given to the winners: one for the best philatelic line and one for the best nonphilatelic line.

  • united-states-1937-airmail-cover-uss-lexington-pearl-harbor-hawaii

    US Stamps

    Sep 1, 2022, 8 AM

    Inside Linn’s: United States Fourth Bureau Issue postal history

    Also this week, exploring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on stamps issued for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, and a philatelic tribute to Polish freedom fighter Tadeusz Kosciuszko.

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    Postal Updates

    Aug 31, 2022, 1 PM

    Alaska State Fair postmark for Aug. 19 opening day

    The Palmer, Alaska, postmark is sponsored by the Anchorage Philatelic Society.

  • el-salvador-1975-papilio-photinus-butterfly-stamp

    World Stamps

    Aug 31, 2022, 8 AM

    El Salvador airmail stamp needed by many butterfly topical collectors

    This provisional stamp was produced to meet a postal need, and most of the stamps were used for postage.

  • united-states-2022-holiday-elves-stamps

    US Stamps

    Aug 30, 2022, 1 PM

    Busy Holiday Elves on four U.S. stamps Sept. 15 in North Pole, Alaska

    The stamps, arranged as a se-tenant (side-by-side) block of four, will be issued in double-sided panes of 20.

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