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US Stamps
Nov 30, 2023, 8 AMU.S. 2024 Love stamp to be issued Jan. 12 in Romance, Ark.
The stamp depicts a stylized image of a soaring bird holding an envelope sealed with a valentine heart in its beak. -
Postal Updates
Nov 30, 2023, 8 AMUSPS posts $6.5 billion loss in 2023, expects loss in 2024
Despite the bad financial news, the U.S. Postal Service remains the best-loved agency in the country, according to a Gallup poll conducted in mid-October. -
insights
Nov 29, 2023, 4 PMBy Topic – November 2023
The listings from the November 2023 Scott New Issues Update fall into a wide range of popular topical collecting areas. -
World Stamps
Nov 29, 2023, 8 AMLuxembourg’s first stamp, issued in 1852, is affordable used
Luxembourg’s first stamp (Scott 1) features a left profile of Grand Duke William III. -
Postal Updates
Nov 28, 2023, 8 AMPuerto Rico celebrates 530 years with postmark, parade
The postmark comes from Aguadilla, a coastal municipality in Puerto Rico known for its beaches, cultural events and the Rafael Hernandez Airport. -
US Stamps
Nov 27, 2023, 11 AMScott U.S. Pocket catalog receives updated look
While larger than the average pocket size, the new size is perfect for a briefcase to carry the catalog at a stamp show. -
World Stamps
Nov 27, 2023, 7 AMCanada Post issues new Diwali stamp Nov. 9
Symbolizing the triumph of light over darkness and good over evil, Diwali is marked by the lighting of lamps, colorful decorations, gifts and fireworks. -
US Stamps
Nov 24, 2023, 8 AM1945 Christmas card to U.S. Naval officer keeps it all in the family
The young man shown in the photograph, Harry J. Hansen III, also became a career U.S. Navy officer. -
World Stamps
Nov 23, 2023, 1 PMFinland to issue President Ahtisaari mourning stamp
Martti Ahtisaari served as Finland’s president from 1994 to 2000. -
Auctions
Nov 23, 2023, 9 AMRumsey Dec. 11-14 auction series features specialized collections of machine cancels, post office seals, Pacific Mail Steamship Co., Nepal; gems of philately
One of the centerpieces of the Barlow collection of U.S. machine cancels is a postcard bearing a marvelous strike of the Seattle, Wash., Exposition Station cancel featuring a stylized U.S. flag and “Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition” on the flag’s stripes. -
Postal Updates
Nov 22, 2023, 11 AMUSPS 2024 price increases to push Priority Mail Express stamp past $30 mark
According to the USPS, the new Priority Mail and Priority Mail Express stamps to be issued in 2024 will be denominated $9.85 and $30.45, respectively. -
US Stamps
Nov 22, 2023, 8 AMU.S. 2012 Bonsai double-sided pane of 20 in demand
The trees depicted in the five designs are a Sierra juniper, black pine, banyan, trident maple and azalea. -
US Stamps
Nov 21, 2023, 3 PMVoting opens in Linn’s 2023 U.S. stamp popularity poll
In 2023, the United States Postal Service issued 126 varieties of stamps and postal stationery, just five more than were issued for the 2022 program. -
US Stamps
Nov 21, 2023, 12 PM1957 Christmas greeting pokes fun at U.S. Post Office Department
In the illustration on the postal card, the piles of mail around the outhouse labeled “Postal Employees Only” suggest anything but an efficient, smoothly running organization. -
World Stamps
Nov 21, 2023, 8 AMMovember postmark from Royal Mail in Great Britain
Royal Mail first used a Movember mustache postmark in 2012, with support being given to the charity Prostate Cancer UK. -
US Stamps
Nov 20, 2023, 12 PMInside Linn’s: A mysterious U.S. 2001 registered airmail letter sheet
Also this week, the journey to learn more about a carton of Mexican cigarettes bearing scarce U.S. provisional revenue stamps, and a U.S. 1917 Washington-Franklin stamp to consider adding to your collection. -
US Stamps
Nov 20, 2023, 11 AMBEP package labels for U.S. Christmas stamps
The 1971 label states that the package contains 125,000 stamps. That works out to 2,500 panes of 50 stamps each, for a total of $10,000. -
Postal Updates
Nov 20, 2023, 7 AMTwo charming Wyoming post offices up for sale
The post offices in question are in the southeastern Wyoming towns of LaGrange and Lingle. -
World Stamps
Nov 17, 2023, 8 PMRoyal Mail to end post and go labels Dec. 31
Some of the available overprints reference the end of the post and go service, which Royal Mail introduced in 2008. -
US Stamps
Nov 16, 2023, 11 AMInside Linn’s: 1980 Sequoyah stamp first in U.S. Great Americans series
Also this week, a philatelic review of SpaceX’s Starship and its plans to land astronauts on the moon in 2025 or 2026, and a review of All About Stamps, a British website launched in 2018.