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    World Stamps

    Jul 11, 2022, 10 AM

    United Nations celebrates World Chess Day with a pane of 10 July 20

    Each stamp in the pane is denominated €1 for use from the U.N. post office at the Vienna International Center in Vienna, Austria.

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    US Stamps

    Jul 11, 2022, 8 AM

    Folk singer Pete Seeger on next Music Icons stamp July 21

    On the new stamp, Seeger is seen playing his signature five-string banjo in a color-tinted, black-and-white photograph taken in the early 1960s by Seeger’s son, Dan Seeger.

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    Postal Updates

    Jul 8, 2022, 2 PM

    Wedding invitations help Bridal Veil post office stay open

    The town was named after the nearby Bridal Veil Falls, a beautiful waterfall that is part of the Oregon State Park system.

  • canada-2022-help-for-ukraine-semipostal-stamp

    World Stamps

    Jul 7, 2022, 2 PM

    Canada Post issues Help for Ukraine semipostal stamp

    The surcharge goes directly to the Canada-Ukraine Foundation, which has a long history of assisting Ukraine and has been delivering aid wherever needed in the current crisis.

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    US Stamps

    Jul 7, 2022, 12 PM

    Inside Linn’s: XCOR Aerospace’s EZ-Rocket and the U.S. mail

    Also this month, the rise and fall of Marshal Mikhail Nikolayevich Tukhachevsky, known as “the Red Napoleon,” and changes in FDC servicers reflect a changing hobby.

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    World Stamps

    Jul 6, 2022, 4 PM

    Great Britain celebrates 50 years of Pride events with set of eight stamps

    Presented as four horizontal se-tenant (side-by-side) pairs, the vibrantly illustrated stamps tell the story of Pride over time, according to Royal Mail.

  • cuba-1899-united-states-administration-benjamin-franklin-stamp

    World Stamps

    Jul 6, 2022, 8 AM

    Set of Cuban overprints on U.S. definitive stamps best bought individually

    In 1899, U.S. definitive stamps were overprinted “Cuba” and surcharged with values expressed in centesimos de pesos.

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    Postal Updates

    Jul 5, 2022, 4 PM

    Delta Airlines settles claim with U.S. Postal Service

    The Justice Department said the settlement brings the total to more than $80 million that the Postal Service has received from air carriers for submitting false delivery mail scans to the USPS.

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    US Stamps

    Jul 5, 2022, 10 AM

    The USPS expertizes its own products

    A postmaster in Damascus, Pa., became suspicious of a 1977 commemorative stamp on a cover that didn’t look quite right.

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    World Stamps

    Jul 5, 2022, 8 AM

    What’s new for 2023 Scott Standard Volume 4

    Macao, Kiribati, Kenya and Jamaica are among the countries reviewed closely for the Vol. 4 Scott Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue.

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    US Stamps

    Jul 2, 2022, 11 AM

    Scott numbers for Women’s Rowing, Mighty Mississippi stamps

    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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    Jul 1, 2022, 6 AM

    By Topic – July 2022

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

  • estonia-2022-diplomatic-relations-united-states-100-years-stamp

    World Stamps

    Jun 30, 2022, 11 AM

    Estonia marks a century of diplomatic relations with the United States

    The €1.90 international-rate stamp shows the national flags of Estonia and the United States.

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    US Stamps

    Jun 30, 2022, 8 AM

    Inside Linn’s: U.S. Special Handling service comes to an end after 97 years

    Also this month, an exploration of the key airplane mail flights of 1911, and a philatelic visit to the post office in St. Kitts.

  • scott-catalogue-digital-subscription-library-british-commonwealth

    World Stamps

    Jun 30, 2022, 7 AM

    New Scott catalog digital subscriptions by region

    The four new Scott regional catalogs are British Commonwealth, Germany and Areas, France and Colonies, and Portugal and Colonies.

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    US Stamps

    Jun 29, 2022, 4 PM

    Crystal, Minn., hosts Minnesota Stamp Expo July 15-17

    The Minnesota Stamp Expo theme celebrates Minnesota artists, specifically George Morrison and Charles Schulz.

  • united-states-first-day-covers-mystery-signatures

    US Stamps

    Jun 29, 2022, 9 AM

    A first-day cover signature quiz

    Both are signed by people who have a connection to the stamp subject.

  • reunion-1947-airmail-stamps-scott-c32-c34

    World Stamps

    Jun 29, 2022, 8 AM

    Colorful and attractive set of three Reunion airmail stamps is a bit overvalued

    Reunion issued its own stamps from 1852 until Jan. 1, 1975, when they were superseded by the stamps of France.

  • armenia-2022-ardem-patapoutian-nobel-prize-winner-stamp

    World Stamps

    Jun 28, 2022, 2 PM

    Armenian stamp honors Nobel laureate living in California

    The stamp pictures Ardem Patapoutian, the Armenian-American molecular biologist who shared the 2021 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine with David Julius.

  • united-states-2022 mariachi-stamps

    US Stamps

    Jun 28, 2022, 10 AM

    Quintet of U.S. forever stamps strums mariachi music July 15 in Albuquerque

    The new Mariachi stamps are the first to be issued at the new 60¢ first-class letter rate that went into effect July 10 along with other postal rate increases.

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