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Postal Updates
Aug 30, 2023, 10 AMKennedy Space Center post office to close in late September
The closure means there will no longer be a postmark from Kennedy Space Center. -
US Stamps
Aug 30, 2023, 8 AMUnited States parcel post postage due set heating up
The Post Office Department issued 12 distinctive stamps for prepayment of parcel post mail and five parcel post postage due stamps. -
US Stamps
Aug 29, 2023, 11 AMUSPS to shake things up with four stamps picturing snow globes Sept. 19
The new Snow Globes stamps arrive in time for the holiday mailing season, and there will be an abundance of them for collectors and other postal customers to use on greeting cards and other mail. -
US Stamps
Aug 29, 2023, 8 AMLinn’s seeks new modern U.S. mail columnist
Tony Wawrukiewicz, who died July 11, wrote the Modern U.S. Mail column for Linn's Stamp News since 2004. -
Auctions
Aug 28, 2023, 12 PMSpectacular 1877 Italian offices abroad registered cover highlights Sept. 12-13 Cherrystone auction
The eye-catching cover is front and center on the cover of Cherrystone’s catalog for the auction. -
Postal Updates
Aug 28, 2023, 7 AMFour postmarks commemorate 100 years of cacheted FDCs
The postmarks were issued each day of the Great American Stamp Show Aug. 10-13 in Cleveland, Ohio. -
US Stamps
Aug 25, 2023, 9 AM2023 Omaha Stamp Show to be held Sept. 9-10
The show will include a dealer’s bourse (sales area), with several regional dealers participating. -
World Stamps
Aug 24, 2023, 11 AMBritain’s Royal Mail celebrates 65 years of Paddington with Sept. 5 issue
Paddington, Peru’s most famous talking bear, celebrates his 65th birthday in 2023. -
US Stamps
Aug 24, 2023, 11 AMWorld War I war risk insurance available to soldiers and sailors
The war risk insurance system was funded by premiums that soldiers and sailors paid out of their monthly pay. -
US Stamps
Aug 24, 2023, 8 AMInside Linn’s: Scrutinizing the ‘IAM HN’ fancy cancellation
Also this week, the final Modern U.S. Mail column from postal historian Tony Wawrukiewicz, and a crossword puzzle focused on translating philatelic Portuguese into English. -
World Stamps
Aug 23, 2023, 1 PMSuccessful Postcrossing meetup at Great American Stamp Show
Linn’s Stamp News produced a meetup postcard and handed out almost 2,000 for free. -
US Stamps
Aug 23, 2023, 10 AMAircraft accidents, crash covers and resources to understand what happened
It’s rare these days to hear of plane crashes, but that was not so in the earlier days of aviation. -
World Stamps
Aug 23, 2023, 8 AMChina 1963 Butterfly set popular with topicalists
China remains one of the most popular collecting areas and active stamp markets in the world. -
World Stamps
Aug 22, 2023, 11 AMTrombone design tops poll for 2022’s most popular music stamp
The poll is conducted by Motivgruppe Musik, the International Philatelic Music Group. -
World Stamps
Aug 22, 2023, 11 AMIceland stamps are back to commemorate 150th anniversary
Almost three years after it stopped issuing stamps, Iceland Post has announced a new set of stamps to be released Aug. 23. -
US Stamps
Aug 22, 2023, 8 AMNicholas Lombardi wins 2023 Champion of Champions award
The prestigious award recognizes Lombardi’s 20th-century exhibit, “The 1903 Two Cent Washington Shield Issue,” as the top national exhibit of the past year. -
US Stamps
Aug 21, 2023, 10 AMThird label issued for Boston 2026 World Expo
Award-winning stamp designer Chris Calle created the label, which the Portland Stamp Company produced in 3,000 sheets of nine. -
US Stamps
Aug 21, 2023, 7 AMPinatas to break out Sept. 8 on four U.S. stamps
The 36th annual Pinata Festival in Roswell, N.M., will host the United States Postal Service’s first-day ceremony for its new Pinatas definitive stamps. -
US Stamps
Aug 18, 2023, 1 PMContract renewal of APS executive director Scott English announced at Aug. 9 joint APS/APRL board meeting
The joint meeting came one day before the opening of Great American Stamp Show, the nation’s biggest annual philatelic extravaganza, held Aug. 10-13 near the shore of Lake Erie in downtown Cleveland. -
US Stamps
Aug 18, 2023, 9 AMBalpex Labor Day weekend, Sept. 1-3
Balpex is an American Philatelic Society World Series of Philately show.