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US Stamps
May 24, 2022, 10 AMEugenie Clark honored by colleagues and family at May 4 first-day ceremony
Plenty of stamp products were available, including panes of stamps, digital color and black ink first-day covers, and framed enlarged pictures of the Eugenie Clark stamp. -
US Stamps
May 23, 2022, 1 PMNew stamp tools to excite junior collectors
One of the new items is a build-your-own cardboard microscope kit. -
World Stamps
May 23, 2022, 10 AMCapex 2022 international stamp show to be held June 9-12 in Toronto
The bourse (sales area) at Capex 2022 will offer more stamps than any Canadian stamp event in over 25 years. -
US Stamps
May 23, 2022, 9 AMStamp for publisher Katharine Graham to join Distinguished Americans series June 14
According to the U.S. Postal Service, the stamp illustrates artist Lynn Staley’s oil portrait of Graham based on a 1970s photograph. -
World Stamps
May 20, 2022, 12 PMMay 23 issue date for Ukraine’s second Russian warship pair
Ukraine’s post office, Ukrposhta, has announced that May 23 is the issue date for two stamps commemorating the sinking of the Russian warship Moskva. -
World Stamps
May 20, 2022, 8 AMCanada Post seeks to raise awareness with set of five Endangered Whales stamps
The Endangered Whales stamps were issued in a booklet of 10 with two stamps of each design and in a souvenir sheet with the five different designs se-tenant. -
US Stamps
May 19, 2022, 3 PMSesame Street, other U.S. stamps to be withdrawn from sale June 30
Other issues going off sale include stamps celebrating Scooby-Doo, President George H.W. Bush, and Bugs Bunny. -
US Stamps
May 19, 2022, 3 PMInside Linn’s: A dollar-sign case of mistaken identity
Also this week, highlights from the May 4 first-day ceremony for the United States Eugenie Clark stamp, and an upbeat review of the new Scott online catalogs. -
World Stamps
May 19, 2022, 12 PMCanada Post to issue a semipostal in support of Ukraine
Canada Post revealed the design of the semipostal stamp in a surprise announcement on May 19. -
US Stamps
May 18, 2022, 10 AMNapex show June 3-5 in Washington, D.C., area
The show will feature 52 dealers, including representatives from the United States Postal Service and the United Nations Postal Administration. -
Postal Updates
May 18, 2022, 8 AMHouse bill seeks to allow members of Congress to visit USPS facilities
The bill is called the Ensuring Oversight Access at the Postal Service Act. -
World Stamps
May 18, 2022, 8 AMGenuine examples of unissued Bolivian stamps are a good buy
The stamps were never issued and used, but a few examples exist with forged or favor cancels. -
US Stamps
May 18, 2022, 8 AMPostal Service rejected veteran designer’s artwork for World Stamp Show-NY 2016 stamps
The stamps under discussion are those issued to publicize the United States’ most recent once-every-10-years international stamp show. -
World Stamps
May 17, 2022, 3 PMUNPA issues postal stationery for New York City and Vienna
The cachet on the left side of each envelope features all or part of a work of art located at the respective U.N. office. -
Postal Updates
May 17, 2022, 1 PMDemocrats press for electric mail trucks
President Joe Biden, House Democrats and environmental organizations are pressing for more electric postal trucks. -
Auctions
May 17, 2022, 8 AMCorinphila May-June auction series features Besancon, Erivan, other name collections
The seven-day auction series will feature seven separate catalogs offering an extensive array of stamps and postal history. -
World Stamps
May 16, 2022, 10 AMAntigua and Barbuda Bitcoin souvenir sheet issued in May
The new-issue agency Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp. announced the souvenir sheet in a May 5 press release. -
Postal Updates
May 16, 2022, 10 AMWalt Disney’s hometown museum welcomes fan club with postmark
The Walt Disney Hometown Museum in Marceline, Mo., has sponsored a postmark featuring an image of Walt’s barn. -
World Stamps
May 16, 2022, 10 AMUnited Nations celebrates World Bicycle Day with pane of 10 stamps
Bicycles being used in a variety of ways make up the designs of the 10 stamps. -
World Stamps
May 13, 2022, 9 AMInside Linn’s: A look back at Hunfilex 2022
Also this week, an introduction to plating Swiss stamps, and flight covers celebrating rockets launched from planes for space missions.