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US Stamps
Jul 2, 2024, 1 PMCurtiss Jenny airplane on display at Denver International Airport
Sometimes you stumble across mail-related items in the strangest of places, and sometimes the most appropriate of places. -
US Stamps
Jul 2, 2024, 11 AMUNPA issues postal stationery envelope to meet new U.S. rate
The large postal stationery envelope for use from the post office at U.N. headquarters in New York City is denominated 73¢. -
World Stamps
Jul 2, 2024, 10 AMCanada Post honors Indigenous leaders
The 2024 stamps in the series feature three women: Elisapie, Josephine Mandamin and Christi Belcourt. -
US Stamps
Jul 1, 2024, 10 AMProspectus available for November Aapex show in Ann Arbor, Mich.
The deadline to submit the exhibit prospectus is Oct. 7, or until frames are filled. -
Postal Updates
Jul 1, 2024, 7 AMTwo USPS letter carriers rescue 85-year-old woman from the jaws of hypothermia
Letter carriers Shakeara and Taishonna Stewart have been recognized as bona fide U.S. Postal Service heroes for rescuing Rebecca Mitchell after Mitchell fell and broke her leg. -
US Stamps
Jun 30, 2024, 9 AMU.S. Ansel Adams stamps assigned Scott catalog numbers
What do these Scott numbers signify? In short, each stamp’s listing in an upcoming edition of the 2025 Scott catalogs. -
US Stamps
Jun 29, 2024, 10 AMMinnesota Stamp Expo returns after hiatus
The show will feature approximately 25 dealers, a cachetmakers’ bourse and a silent auction. -
US Stamps
Jun 28, 2024, 10 AMAmos Media and Shepherd Expos Management launch show in Tampa, Fla.
For the first time in the 148-year history of Amos Media Co., publisher of Linn’s Stamps News, the organization is directly involved in the creation of a show for collectors and dealers. -
Postal Updates
Jun 27, 2024, 11 AMCheng appointed to Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee
Cheng works as the head of design at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. -
World Stamps
Jun 27, 2024, 8 AMWhat’s new for 2025 Scott Standard Volume 4
The covers of this year’s catalogs feature a postal theme, a nod to the United States Postal Service’s 250th anniversary in 2025. -
World Stamps
Jun 26, 2024, 11 AMPhilippines seeks new record for longest postage stamp
At 200 millimeters long, the stamp is 16mm longer than the previous known record holder issued by Kyrgyzstan in 2023. -
World Stamps
Jun 26, 2024, 8 AMMarienwerder 1920 plebiscite stamps filled with symbolism
The design of the stamps features a female allegorical figure flanked by the flags of the British Empire, Japan, Italy and France. -
Postal Updates
Jun 25, 2024, 12 PMA consequential letter set a young man on a path from Methodist to Shaker
The last of the celibate, communal, consecrated Shakers was a teenage Methodist in Massachusetts when he received a letter that changed his life. -
Postal Updates
Jun 25, 2024, 10 AMWhat’s going to happen to all the USPS long-life vehicles?
New U.S. Postal Service electric vehicles are starting to roll out nationwide, so something would have to happen to the other, older vehicles. -
Auctions
Jun 25, 2024, 8 AMGross complete collection of classic U.S. stamps sells for record-setting $19.2 million
The total realization of $19,201,550, which includes the 18 percent buyer’s premium Siegel charges on all lots sold, is a record for a U.S. collection. -
US Stamps
Jun 24, 2024, 4 PMJuly cartoon caption contest stirs up postal protest stamp
What current U.S. stamp could be used to protest today’s diminishing postal service? -
US Stamps
Jun 24, 2024, 8 AMStamps from counterfeit U.S. Western Wear double-sided panes in the wrong position
When viewed side-by-side, the fake Western Wear pane is a close match to its genuine counterpart. -
US Stamps
Jun 21, 2024, 1 PMSpellman Museum donates to Boston 2026 World Expo
The museum was founded in 1961 to house the philatelic collection of Cardinal Francis Spellman. -
US Stamps
Jun 21, 2024, 1 PMWho is being honored with a stamp? Alex Trebek
The U.S. Postal Service will issue a stamp for the Canadian-American game show host Alex Trebek (1940-2020) -
Postal Updates
Jun 21, 2024, 10 AMNew Hampshire’s historic coastal hotel celebrates 150 years
A member of Historic Hotels of America since 2007, Wentworth by the Sea was built in the 1870s.