Two Thanksgiving-themed pictorial postmarks have been made available by the Plymouth 400 Legacy organization.

“This stamp issue reminds us of the enormous contributions made by ordinary Canadians who chose to give their all when their country called on them,” Canada Post said on its Perspectives blog.

On Nov. 11-12, Rumsey will present its extensive fall sale of United States and worldwide stamps and postal history. The Nov. 15 sale features important Mexico stamps and postal history.

Henry Clay was an American statesman who served as a congressman and as a senator from the state of Kentucky.

In the lecture Hotchner will describe how his many activities in philately were launched from his writing for Linn’s.

The yearbook includes 108 stamps and matching mounts from what the Postal Service calls its “collectible program,” or what collectors typically call commemoratives.

Scott English will remain as executive director while the APS board conducts a search for his replacement.

In 1969 the UNPA opened a branch in Geneva and started issuing stamps denominated in Swiss francs. This followed the successful opening of the UNPA in New York in 1951.

Rating early United States covers is a pastime of postal history specialists, and the goal is to be able to figure out exactly what the postage pays for on a cover.

The different arrangement concerns the show’s approach to the dealer, postal administration and auctioneer booths at the event.

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

The new catalog, which is the same page size as the U.S. Specialized catalog, is 164 pages and also includes listings and values for first-day covers, inscription blocks, panes and more.

The show will include a bourse (sales area) of more than 75 dealers, plus the United States Postal Service and the United Nations Postal Administration; an exhibition of 284 frames of philatelic material; and a philatelic literature competition.

Norwegian-Swedish artist Martin Mörck has designed and/or engraved 1,000 different stamps for 28 postal administrations.

Blokart racing, originally conceived in 1999 by New Zealander Paul Beckett, has grown from humble beginnings in a garage to an international sport.

Austrian Post used wood pulp cardboard to print the souvenir sheet, which contains a removable gummed €3.50 stamp featuring a frothy tankard of beer along with text that translates to “Beer has it all.”

On Jan. 6, 1953, the Dominican Republic issued three postage stamps and seven airmail stamps commemorating the Columbus Lighthouse.

The 2025 Westpex show will take place April 25-27 at the San Francisco Airport Marriott Waterfront Hotel, 1800 Old Bayshore Highway, Burlingame, Calif., near San Francisco.

The Isle of Man Post Office decided to partner with the Isle of Man Astronomical Society to promote astronomy on the island.

The best of the entries, one related to philately and one nonphilatelic, will be announced after the contest closes.