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    Feb 12, 2018, 03:02 AM

    Monday Morning Brief | New stamps in catalog

    Scott catalog managing editor Chad Snee salutes his colleague Martin Frankevicz, who for almost two decades has shepherded an average of 14,000 new listings into the Scott catalogs each year.

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    Feb 5, 2018, 03:00 AM

    Monday Morning Brief | Mail carried by dogs

    As part of a series focusing on mail delivery and transportation, Scott catalog senior editor Tim Hodge discusses mail carried by dogs pulling mail boats, sleds and carts.

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    Jan 29, 2018, 03:00 AM

    Monday Morning Brief | Living people on recent stamps

    Denise McCarty reports on living people that have appeared on foreign stamps issued in January, including Game of Throne actors on stamps from Great Britain.

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    Jan 22, 2018, 03:00 AM

    Monday Morning Brief | Cost to collect U.S. stamps of 2017

    Michael Baadke reports that the cost to collect a mint example of each postage stamp and postal stationery item issued by the United States Postal Service during 2017 is less than $100.

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    Jan 15, 2018, 03:10 AM

    Monday Morning Brief | Australia’s convict past

    Marty Frankevicz discusses Australia’s penal colony roots and new stamps that commemorate the 150th anniversary of the end of convict transport to the Australian colonies.

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    Jan 8, 2018, 02:30 AM

    Monday Morning Brief | Sneak peek: modern U.S. stamp values in 2019 Scott catalog

    Chad Snee discusses market activity that positively affected values for selected modern United States stamps in the upcoming 2019 Scott Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue.

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    Dec 29, 2017, 03:20 AM

    Monday Morning Brief | 2018 headlines

    Watch as Linn’s Stamp News editor-in-chief Jay Bigalke looks at some items likely to make headlines in 2018.

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    Dec 22, 2017, 05:00 AM

    Monday Morning Brief | Reindeer mail

    Just in time for Christmas, Scott catalog senior editor Tim Hodge discusses Alaska’s reindeer mail as part of his Monday Morning Brief series focusing on mail delivery and transportation.

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    Dec 18, 2017, 03:00 AM

    Monday Morning Brief | United States stamps for 2018

    The United States Postal Service has revealed some of the stamps it will issue in 2018. Denise McCarty takes a look at those that depict people and places in this week’s Monday Morning Brief.

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    Dec 11, 2017, 03:00 AM

    Monday Morning Brief | United States Stamp Popularity Poll

    The Linn’s Stamp News United States Stamp Popularity Poll is now open, editor Michael Baadke announces in this week’s Monday Morning Brief.

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    Dec 4, 2017, 02:30 AM

    Monday Morning Brief | Stamp honors first heart transplant

    Scott catalog new-issues editor Marty Frankevicz reports on a stamp issued by South Africa on Dec. 1 to commemorate a scientific achievement that started with a tragedy.

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    Nov 27, 2017, 02:52 AM

    Monday Morning Brief | Letters to Santa

    Linn’s Stamp News editor-in-chief Jay Bigalke explains how one can write a note to Santa at the North Pole and receive a reply.

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    Nov 20, 2017, 03:30 AM

    Monday Morning Brief | New Scott Classic Specialized catalog

    Chad Snee reveals a few highlights of the 2018 Scott Classic Specialized Catalogue of Stamps and Covers, and pulls the curtain back a bit on the work already underway for the 2019 Scott catalogs.

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    Nov 13, 2017, 03:00 AM

    Monday Morning Brief | Mail carried by mules

    As part of a series focusing on mail delivery and transportation, Scott catalog senior editor Tim Hodge examines mail carried by mules in the 19th century and today.

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    Nov 6, 2017, 03:15 AM

    Monday Morning Brief | World War I anniversary stamps

    Linn’s Stamp News senior editor Denise McCarty reports on World War I communication, including the pigeon post, as pictured on recent stamps from Belgium.

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    Oct 30, 2017, 04:00 AM

    Monday Morning Brief | Martin Luther and the Reformation

    Scott catalog new-issues editor Marty Frankevicz discusses recent stamps that honor the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation begun by Martin Luther on Oct. 31, 1517.

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    Oct 27, 2017, 12:32 PM

    Monday Morning Brief | Wonder Woman

    Michael Baadke reports on Wonder Women stamps to debut Oct. 7 at New York Comic Con.

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    Oct 27, 2017, 12:32 PM

    Monday Morning Brief | Indiana on stamps

    Donna Houseman discusses the upcoming stamp marking the 200th anniversary of Indiana’s statehood and previous stamps with Indiana connections.

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    Oct 27, 2017, 12:31 PM

    Monday Morning Brief - June 1, 2015

    Watch as Linn’s Stamp News associate editor Michael Baadke reports on the recent U.S. postage rate changes and the 10 new stamps being issued this week.

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    Oct 23, 2017, 04:06 AM

    Monday Morning Brief | Upcoming United States stamps

    Editor Michael Baadke reports on stamps being issued by the U.S. Postal Service late in the year, including a surprise announcement of a joint issue between the United States and Canada.

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