Existing United States Post Office Department regulations did not allow for such an honor for MacArthur in his own country because U.S. stamps picturing living people were not to be issued.

The San Diego Stamp Show opened Feb. 21 with a first-day ceremony unveiling the two new United States American Vistas presorted standard coil stamps.

The programs take place on four Tuesdays during the months of March and April and are free and open to the public.

The cartoon caption contest has been a monthly feature of the U.S. Stamp Notes column since 1986.

The delayed 2025 Scott Specialized Catalogue of United States Stamps and Covers has arrived in the offices of Amos Media Co. and will ship in early March.

The Postal Service also announced issue dates and first-day locations for stamps scheduled to be issued in April, May, June and July.

St. Patrick has been Ireland’s patron saint since the seventh century and is best known for bringing Christianity to the Irish people in the fifth century.

The first-day ceremony, which will be held outdoors, is free and open to the public.

The United States Postal Service is implementing new service standards for market-dominant services such as first-class mail, periodicals, marketing mail and package services.

D.A. Lux has been a member of the American Philatelic Society and the American First Day Cover Society for more than 40 years.

The Orangeburg coil pair in the Pivawer collection comes from a strip of five that was broken into two pairs and a single.

Marshal Hubert Lyautey (1854-1934) was a frequent subject of French Moroccan stamps.

The U.N. began commemorating International Women’s Day 50 years ago in 1975 and officially formalized the day in 1977.

The stamps were seized for violating trademark laws, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said.

Have readers seen other similar first-day plate block covers from the Prexie series?

Each stamp shows a single leaf from the following trees: aspen, sassafras, oak, maple and sweetgum.

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

Next year’s Boston 2026 World Expo and the celebration of America’s 250th anniversary are being celebrated on the cover of the 2026 Scott catalogs.

Notice of the upcoming withdrawal from sale of these stamps was published in the Feb. 20 issue of the Postal Bulletin.

The selection of Albuquerque for the 2027 show was unanimously approved by the APS board of directors.