The proposed increases for what the USPS calls “Market Dominant classes” are discussed in a Sept. 23 filing with the Postal Regulatory Commission.

American Philatelic Society executive director Scott English revealed Sept. 24 that McMurtrie is no longer an APS employee.

Mystic sells a large range of United States and worldwide stamps, first-day covers and collecting supplies.

Virginia Apgar developed the method known as the Apgar score, which is used in hospitals worldwide to assess the condition of newborns by observing five key health factors.

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

Beginning in the 1830s up until as recently as the 1990s, more than 150,000 First Nations, Inuit and Metis children across Canada were taken from their families and placed in Indian residential schools.

The American Topical Association will celebrate its 75th anniversary at Balpex.

The United Nations General Assembly designated Oct. 1 as the International Day of Older Persons in 1990.

Many important value and editorial changes enhance the historic 103rd edition of the Scott Specialized Catalogue of United States Stamps and Covers.

The stamps commemorate 75 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries by showcasing folk costumes of both nations.

The new postmark is much more legible, and it seems that different things are also being tried with the character limits.

Collectors attracted to Hong Kong will have numerous opportunities to add items to their collections.

This beautiful, engraved bicolor set is popular with collectors of the British Empire, Polynesia and New Zealand, and Capt. Cook topical collectors.

The commemorative postmark, featuring the historic White Water Village in Harrison, Ohio, pays tribute to early Shaker settlements in the United States.

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s recommendation not to raise prices for market-dominant products such as first-class mail was accepted by the Postal Service’s board of governors,

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

According to the U.S. Postal Service, the $5 Floral Geometry stamp was reprinted in 2024.

The Garfield-Perry March Party is an American Philatelic Society World Series of Philately show.

The permanent-rate (currently 99¢) stamp features a photograph of McLachlan along with a stylized version of her signature.

The Oct. 11 general sale consists of almost 600 lots that will “tempt both the general and specialist collector,” Kelleher and Rogers said.