The best French stamps of 2023 were announced at the 33rd Stamp of the Year awards ceremony on May 30 at the La Poste group headquarters in Paris.

The designs of the 10 nondenominated (73¢) commemorative stamps highlight characters, creatures and encounters familiar to players of the fantasy role-playing game.

Whoever becomes member number 30,000 of the American First Day Cover Society will be awarded a credit of 30,000 pennies, or the equivalent of $300.

The new $25 duck stamp by artist Chuck Black of Belgrade, Mont., the 91st in the series that began in 1934, features a northern pintail.

The fake 2013 Flag coil stamps are scheduled to be listed in the next edition of the Scott Specialized Catalogue of United States Counterfeits, which is scheduled for publication this fall.

Dana Guyer had served as ASDA executive director since March 1, 2015.

The censorship system during World War II was complicated. Reasons for the inability to send material abroad were numerous.

The ritual features 18 masked dancers, each with a distinctive dance that represents a human ailment.

The official release date and location will be revealed at a later date, the USPS said.

The first issue of Linn’s Weekly Stamp News, dated Nov. 5, 1928, was published by founder George W. Linn of Columbus, Ohio.

Alvin is a manned deep-diving vehicle operated by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts.

The July 31 first-day ceremony for the Hank Aaron stamp will begin at 10 a.m. Eastern Time at Truist Park, home of baseball’s Atlanta Braves.

Recipients of the sustainability award were selected from a pool of more than 140 nominees and represent domestic and international facilities or projects spanning 10 federal agencies.

The affected lots are from a Siegel auction of India stamps and postal history that took place in May 2023. The Siegel firm has not been accused of any crime.

The United States 2013 Riveters on Empire State Building commemorative was the cartoon caption contest stamp for June.

The Luff award is the most prestigious recognition presented by the American Philatelic Society to a living philatelist.

Linn’s and Scott catalog editors closely examined the strip and determined that the stamps were convincing counterfeits of their genuine counterparts.

The design of the nondenominated (73¢) commemorative stamp is a bit unusual in that it doesn’t picture Trebek.

Also this week, a philatelic adventure involving the April 8 total solar eclipse, and a 1934 set of 10 United States stamps that has long been a favorite of U.S. collectors.

The five new 1¢, 2¢, 3¢, 5¢ and 10¢ Flowers stamps feature photographer Harold Davis’ pictures of a fringed tulip, daffodils, peonies, red tulips, and poppies and coneflowers, respectively.