Videos
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May 29, 2017, 04:00 AM
Monday Morning Brief | ‘Gentlemen, start your engines’
by CMS AdminLinn’s Stamp News editorial director Donna Houseman takes a nostalgic look back at the Indianapolis 500. -
May 22, 2017, 04:00 AM
Monday Morning Brief | India issued the world’s first round stamp in ...
by CMS AdminSenior editor Denise McCarty provides an entertaining review of round stamps, from the first issued by India, to the upcoming USPS Have a Ball! stamps. -
May 15, 2017, 04:00 AM
Monday Morning Brief | Position 76 Jenny Invert sells for $295,000
by CMS AdminAssociate editor Michael Baadke recounts the 90-second flurry of bids during Siegel Auction Galleries’ May 11 sale of the Position 76 Jenny Invert. -
May 8, 2017, 04:00 AM
Monday Morning Brief | A famous apparition celebrates its 100th anniversary
by CMS AdminScott catalog new-issues editor Marty Frankevicz traces the history of the apparition of the Virgin Mary to three children in Fatima, Portugal, in 1917. -
May 1, 2017, 04:00 AM
Monday Morning Brief | And the 2016 U.S. Stamp Popularity Poll winner is …
by CMS AdminWhich issue won as overall favorite in the 2016 U.S. Stamp Popularity Poll? Linn’s managing editor Chad Snee reveals the answer. -
Apr 24, 2017, 04:00 AM
Monday Morning Brief | New Henry David Thoreau stamp
by CMS AdminDonna Houseman discusses the second United States stamp honoring Henry David Thoreau.The new stamp will be issued May 23. -
Apr 17, 2017, 04:00 AM
Monday Morning Brief | Popular culture on U.S. stamps
by CMS AdminMichael Baadke examines how popular culture came to be a significant part of the U.S. stamp program. -
Apr 10, 2017, 04:00 AM
Monday Morning Brief | Equestrian events on stamps
by CMS AdminMarty Frankevicz takes a look at stamps from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan that portray equestrian events in a national sports festival and the second World Nomad Games. -
Apr 3, 2017, 04:00 AM
Monday Morning Brief | Scott catalog Volume 1A and 1B
by CMS AdminDenise McCarty reports on the just-released Scott Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue Volume 1A and Volume 1B. -
Mar 27, 2017, 03:48 AM
Monday Morning Brief | Position 76 Jenny Invert stamp
by CMS AdminChad Snee reports that Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries has been selected to sell the Position 76 1918 Jenny Invert stamp that was part of the McCoy block of four stolen in 1955. -
Mar 20, 2017, 04:00 AM
Monday Morning Brief | Diwali stamps and counterfeits
by CMS AdminDonna Houseman discusses the United States Diwali stamp, counterfeits of that stamp, and an upcoming Canada-India joint issue celebrating the Hindu festival. -
Mar 6, 2017, 03:00 AM
Monday Morning Brief | High-denomination stamps
by CMS AdminMarty Frankevicz looks at the situations that add to the difficulty of finding used examples of recent high-denomination stamps. -
Feb 27, 2017, 03:10 AM
Monday Morning Brief | Rate-change covers
by CMS AdminChad Snee relates his quest to obtain covers for the last day of the 47¢ rate, Jan. 21, and the first day of the 49¢ rate, Sunday, Jan. 22. -
Feb 17, 2017, 07:54 AM
Monday Morning Brief | WPA Posters stamps
by CMS AdminMichael Baadke reports on the 10 new WPA Posters forever stamps that will be issued March 7. The stamps show the designs of poster art created 80 years ago during the Great Depression. -
Feb 13, 2017, 03:11 AM
Monday Morning Brief | Counterfeit Love stamps
by CMS AdminDonna Houseman reports on counterfeit panes of the 2015 United States Love stamps and the 2015 Rose and Heart stamps that are being sold on eBay. -
Feb 6, 2017, 03:00 AM
Monday Morning Brief | Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee
by CMS AdminDenise McCarty discusses the Postal Service’s Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee and the recent departure of Henry Louis Gates Jr. -
Jan 30, 2017, 03:00 AM
Monday Morning Brief | David Bowie
by CMS AdminMarty Frankevicz reports on Great Britain’s stamps honoring rock star David Bowie. The stamps will be issued March 14. -
Jan 23, 2017, 03:10 AM
Monday Morning Brief | Uncut press sheet quantities
by CMS AdminChad Snee discusses how the quantities printed of recent uncut press sheets were revealed through a Freedom of Information Act request. The United States Postal Service provided the quantities for 2016 issues and two from 2017. -
Jan 16, 2017, 03:08 AM
Monday Morning Brief | Northern Cardinal stamped envelope
by CMS AdminDonna Houseman discusses the unannounced United States Postal Service’s Northern Cardinal stamped envelope that has been purchased by collectors in post offices in Ohio and other locations. -
Jan 9, 2017, 03:30 AM
Monday Morning Brief | Inverted Jenny reappears
by CMS AdminMichael Baadke reports on the reappearance of a valuable Inverted Jenny airmail error stamp that has been tucked away for 99 years.
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