The expo will be open through Oct. 13. Each of the three stamps on the souvenir sheet shows close-up photos of the pavilions.

Linn’s U.S. Stamp Popularity Poll, which began in 1948, is intended as an entertaining and fun way for readers to voice their opinions about the U.S. stamp program.

The United States Postal Service issues a constant stream of stamps that they expect will interest the public, hopefully turning noncollectors into collectors.

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

Great Britain’s Royal Mail announced details on eight additional issues in its 2025 commemorative stamp program.

Robert M. “Mike” Duncan, a governor of the United States Postal Service, announced his immediate resignation March 27 from the board because of health reasons.

The annual Westpex stamp show will take place April 25-27 at the San Francisco Airport Marriott Waterfront Hotel, 1800 Old Bayshore Highway, Burlingame, Calif., near San Francisco.

On March 27, the board of the American Philatelic Society met virtually to give an update on the organization. In attendance were approximately 60 people, in addition to the APS board and staff.

The show will be held May 23-25 at the Arapahoe County Fairgrounds Event Center in Aurora, Colo.

In 1948, West Germany issued the famous 2-pfennig “Blue Flea” stamps.

Each year Shamrock holds a St. Patrick’s Day celebration, the brainchild of local bandmaster Glenn Truax in 1937.

The eight first-class stamps depict different mythical creatures and folklore characters and are presented in two se-tenant strips of four.

After the ceremony guests lined up to get autographs from all of the participants. There was a separate table for retail sales of the stamps and covers.

The pane of 15 includes watercolor paintings featuring scenes of five battlefields appearing beside more recent photographs of the historic sites.

The two additional hotels are located close to restaurants and attractions in the greater Boston suburbs.

A bourse (sales area) of about 25 dealers will offer stamps, covers and postal history from the United States and worldwide, and the show will feature more than 150 frames of competitive exhibits.

The Battlefields of the American Revolution proof set is similar to a set of proof panes offered to collectors in 2013 in conjunction with the Jenny Invert pane of six $2 stamps.

Okpex will feature a bourse (sales area) of up to 15 dealers, and the United States Postal Service will have a booth at the show.

Canal Zone stamps are especially popular with collectors who worked or lived in the Canal Zone during its existence.

For new collectors of all ages, the show will have a table with a Wilkinsburg Stamp Club member to assist novices with the basics of stamp collecting.