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US Stamps
Dec 14, 2018, 11 AMNimitz stamp listings revised after tagging variety reported
Among the editorial changes found in the new 2019 Scott Specialized Catalogue of United States Stamps and Covers is a revised listing for certain varieties of the 1985 50¢ brown Chester W. Nimitz stamp. -
Auctions
Dec 14, 2018, 9 AMEarly Colombia airmails in Cherrystone’s Jan. 8-9 auction
Cherrystone Philatelic Auctioneers has scheduled its next public auction for Jan. 8-9, 2019, at its New York City galleries. -
US Stamps
Dec 14, 2018, 8 AMFirst issue dates for U.S. 2019 stamps revealed: Week's Most Read
Multiple stories related to the United States stamp program were among our top stories over the past week. -
US Stamps
Dec 13, 2018, 9 PMHouston ceremony for 2019 Year of the Boar stamp
The final stamp in the current Celebrating Lunar New Year series will be issued Jan. 17 in Houston, Texas. -
US Stamps
Dec 13, 2018, 4 PMLove stamp ceremony in Puerto Rico
First-day ceremony details for the first United States stamp of 2019 have been revealed. -
World Stamps
Dec 12, 2018, 9 AM’Tis the season for stamp gifts
The holiday season is in full swing, and thinking of thoughtful gifts for a stamp collector can sometimes be challenging. -
World Stamps
Dec 12, 2018, 8 AMArgentine Philatelic Exposition souvenir sheet in demand
Unsevered sheets of four of Argentina’s 1939 11th Congress of the Universal Postal Union and the Argentine Philatelic Exposition souvenir sheets are in demand and hard to find. -
World Stamps
Dec 11, 2018, 10 AMSmell of gingerbread on new Iceland stamps
Iceland Post features cookies on its scented Christmas stamps issued Nov. 1. Iceland Post describes the two stamps as smelling like “newly baked gingerbread.” -
World Stamps
Dec 11, 2018, 10 AMBernard Beston of Australia elected FIP president Dec. 2
Bernard Beston of Queensland, Australia, was elected president of the FIP at the federation’s 75th Congress in Bangkok, Thailand. -
World Stamps
Dec 11, 2018, 10 AMScent added to Greenland Christmas stamps
Greenland Post issued its first scented stamps Oct. 22. They are for use on Christmas mail. -
US Stamps
Dec 10, 2018, 9 AMCartoon caption contest winners for Support Our Youth stamp
A major theme for the November cartoon caption contest featuring the 1968 6¢ Support Our Youth commemorative was the ways in which support might be given. -
US Stamps
Dec 10, 2018, 8 AMChristmas fantasy stamp on a Dec. 25 fantasy cover
At first glance, the featured cover in U.S. Stamp Notes looks genuine, but a closer look reveals that it, too, is an artfully created fantasy, designed to be used as a Christmas card. -
US Stamps
Dec 7, 2018, 11 AMTrial color plate proofs of 1861: Inside Linn's
Also in the Dec. 24 issue are articles about Jordan overprinting stamps for use in Palestine and stamps with connections to Kalmykia, Europe’s only Buddhist majority nation. -
US Stamps
Dec 7, 2018, 9 AMAn attractive engraved bicolor classic: Week's Most Read
New Scott catalog number listings for the United States and a tip about a bicolor classic stamp were our top stories over the past week. -
US Stamps
Dec 6, 2018, 2 PMFirst issue dates for U.S. 2019 stamps revealed
The United States Postal Service has announced issue dates for five of its stamps or stamp sets planned for early 2019. -
Postal Updates
Dec 4, 2018, 8 PMTrump’s task force on USPS report targets labor costs, corporate structure
The Task Force on the United States Postal System created last April at the behest of President Donald J. Trump publicly released its report to the president on Dec. 4. -
World Stamps
Dec 4, 2018, 9 AMAustria’s typographed Emperor Franz Josef definitives
Our tipsters highlight a set of four definitive stamps that is surprisingly difficult to find without faults and in very fine grade. -
Auctions
Dec 4, 2018, 9 AMFlagship Kelleher auction features 20th-century American rarity
Sale opens Dec. 18 with Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Europe and colonies, plus Asia, Africa, Latin America and worldwide airmail postal history. -
Auctions
Dec 4, 2018, 9 AMRumsey sales set for Dec. 10-12
The San Francisco firm plans two auctions featuring U.S. and worldwide rarities, along with general foreign stamps and postal history. -
US Stamps
Dec 4, 2018, 8 AMCaption A Charlie Brown Christmas stamp
The stamp picturing Linus, Charlie Brown and his rather threadbare Christmas tree (Scott 5028) will be the cartoon caption contest stamp for December.