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US Stamps
Dec 10, 2018, 9 AMCartoon caption contest winners for Support Our Youth stamp
A major theme for the November cartoon caption contest featuring the 1968 6¢ Support Our Youth commemorative was the ways in which support might be given. -
US Stamps
Dec 10, 2018, 8 AMChristmas fantasy stamp on a Dec. 25 fantasy cover
At first glance, the featured cover in U.S. Stamp Notes looks genuine, but a closer look reveals that it, too, is an artfully created fantasy, designed to be used as a Christmas card. -
US Stamps
Dec 7, 2018, 11 AMTrial color plate proofs of 1861: Inside Linn's
Also in the Dec. 24 issue are articles about Jordan overprinting stamps for use in Palestine and stamps with connections to Kalmykia, Europe’s only Buddhist majority nation. -
US Stamps
Dec 7, 2018, 9 AMAn attractive engraved bicolor classic: Week's Most Read
New Scott catalog number listings for the United States and a tip about a bicolor classic stamp were our top stories over the past week. -
US Stamps
Dec 6, 2018, 2 PMFirst issue dates for U.S. 2019 stamps revealed
The United States Postal Service has announced issue dates for five of its stamps or stamp sets planned for early 2019. -
Postal Updates
Dec 4, 2018, 8 PMTrump’s task force on USPS report targets labor costs, corporate structure
The Task Force on the United States Postal System created last April at the behest of President Donald J. Trump publicly released its report to the president on Dec. 4. -
World Stamps
Dec 4, 2018, 9 AMAustria’s typographed Emperor Franz Josef definitives
Our tipsters highlight a set of four definitive stamps that is surprisingly difficult to find without faults and in very fine grade. -
Auctions
Dec 4, 2018, 9 AMFlagship Kelleher auction features 20th-century American rarity
Sale opens Dec. 18 with Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Europe and colonies, plus Asia, Africa, Latin America and worldwide airmail postal history. -
Auctions
Dec 4, 2018, 9 AMRumsey sales set for Dec. 10-12
The San Francisco firm plans two auctions featuring U.S. and worldwide rarities, along with general foreign stamps and postal history. -
US Stamps
Dec 4, 2018, 8 AMCaption A Charlie Brown Christmas stamp
The stamp picturing Linus, Charlie Brown and his rather threadbare Christmas tree (Scott 5028) will be the cartoon caption contest stamp for December. -
Postal Updates
Dec 4, 2018, 8 AMPost offices, USPS headquarters closing Wed. Dec. 5 for mourning
President Donald J. Trump has called on Americans to observe Dec. 5 as a national day of mourning for President George H.W. Bush. -
Postal Updates
Dec 3, 2018, 4 PMPictorial postmark commemorates Mars landing
Postmark celebrates the recent success of InSight, NASA’s Mars Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport mission. -
US Stamps
Dec 3, 2018, 2 PMU.S. memorial stamp likely for President George H.W. Bush
If tradition holds true, a U.S. memorial postage stamp honoring former United States President George H.W. Bush should be issued in the coming months. -
World Stamps
Dec 3, 2018, 9 AMReaders share their favorite engraved stamp stories
In response to a question in the Sept. 17 Linn’s, readers provided stories about their favorite engraved stamps and shared a large cover. -
World Stamps
Dec 3, 2018, 9 AMNew British Library exhibition
A new exhibit titled “Stamps, Independence, and Post-Colonial Futures” at the British Library in London, England, is open until the end of 2020. -
US Stamps
Dec 3, 2018, 8 AMFive U.S. stamp issues to go off sale in December
Wonder Woman, Holiday Windows, and Jack-O’-Lanterns are among the five stamps going off sale Dec. 31. -
US Stamps
Dec 1, 2018, 12 PMNew U.S. holiday stamps receive Scott numbers
United States stamps celebrating Christmas and other holiday observances comprise this month’s new listings. -
US Stamps
Dec 1, 2018, 8 AMNorth American baseball stamp album pages
The Scott National Album line is adding album pages for baseball stamps of United States, Canada and Mexico. -
World Stamps
Nov 30, 2018, 8 AMMarianne and Youth stamps: Inside Linn's
Also in the Dec. 17 issue, stamps with children playing in snow and India’s fascinating Scinde Dawks. -
US Stamps
Nov 29, 2018, 4 PMLinn’s 2018 U.S. stamp popularity poll
Innovations in printing technology were used for a number of United States stamps issued in 2018.