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  • linns_mmb_2017_05_29
    May 29, 2017, 04:00 AM

    Monday Morning Brief | ‘Gentlemen, start your engines’

    Linn’s Stamp News editorial director Donna Houseman takes a nostalgic look back at the Indianapolis 500.

  • linns_mmb_2017_05_22
    May 22, 2017, 04:00 AM

    Monday Morning Brief | India issued the world’s first round stamp in ...

    Senior editor Denise McCarty provides an entertaining review of round stamps, from the first issued by India, to the upcoming USPS Have a Ball! stamps.

  • linns_mmb_2017_05_15
    May 15, 2017, 04:00 AM

    Monday Morning Brief | Position 76 Jenny Invert sells for $295,000

    Associate editor Michael Baadke recounts the 90-second flurry of bids during Siegel Auction Galleries’ May 11 sale of the Position 76 Jenny Invert.

  • linns_mmb_2017_05_08
    May 8, 2017, 04:00 AM

    Monday Morning Brief | A famous apparition celebrates its 100th anniversary

    Scott catalog new-issues editor Marty Frankevicz traces the history of the apparition of the Virgin Mary to three children in Fatima, Portugal, in 1917.

  • linns_mmb_2017_05_01
    May 1, 2017, 04:00 AM

    Monday Morning Brief | And the 2016 U.S. Stamp Popularity Poll winner is …

    Which issue won as overall favorite in the 2016 U.S. Stamp Popularity Poll? Linn’s managing editor Chad Snee reveals the answer.

  • linns_mmb_2017_04_24
    Apr 24, 2017, 04:00 AM

    Monday Morning Brief | New Henry David Thoreau stamp

    Donna Houseman discusses the second United States stamp honoring Henry David Thoreau.The new stamp will be issued May 23.

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    Apr 17, 2017, 04:00 AM

    Monday Morning Brief | Popular culture on U.S. stamps

    Michael Baadke examines how popular culture came to be a significant part of the U.S. stamp program.

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    Apr 10, 2017, 04:00 AM

    Monday Morning Brief | Equestrian events on stamps

    Marty 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.

  • linns_mmb_2017_04_03
    Apr 3, 2017, 04:00 AM

    Monday Morning Brief | Scott catalog Volume 1A and 1B

    Denise McCarty reports on the just-released Scott Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue Volume 1A and Volume 1B.

  • linns_mmb_2017_03_27
    Mar 27, 2017, 03:48 AM

    Monday Morning Brief | Position 76 Jenny Invert stamp

    Chad 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.

  • linns_mmb_2017_03_20
    Mar 20, 2017, 04:00 AM

    Monday Morning Brief | Diwali stamps and counterfeits

    Donna Houseman discusses the United States Diwali stamp, counterfeits of that stamp, and an upcoming Canada-India joint issue celebrating the Hindu festival.

  • linns_mmb_2017_03_06
    Mar 6, 2017, 03:00 AM

    Monday Morning Brief | High-denomination stamps

    Marty Frankevicz looks at the situations that add to the difficulty of finding used examples of recent high-denomination stamps.

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    Feb 27, 2017, 03:10 AM

    Monday Morning Brief | Rate-change covers

    Chad 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.

  • linns_mmb_2017_02_20
    Feb 17, 2017, 07:54 AM

    Monday Morning Brief | WPA Posters stamps

    Michael 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.

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    Feb 13, 2017, 03:11 AM

    Monday Morning Brief | Counterfeit Love stamps

    Donna 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.

  • linns_mmb_2017_02_06
    Feb 6, 2017, 03:00 AM

    Monday Morning Brief | Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee

    Denise McCarty discusses the Postal Service’s Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee and the recent departure of Henry Louis Gates Jr.

  • linns_mmb_2017_01_30
    Jan 30, 2017, 03:00 AM

    Monday Morning Brief | David Bowie

    Marty Frankevicz reports on Great Britain’s stamps honoring rock star David Bowie. The stamps will be issued March 14.

  • linns_mmb_2017_01_23
    Jan 23, 2017, 03:10 AM

    Monday Morning Brief | Uncut press sheet quantities

    Chad 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.

  • linns_mmb_2017_01_16
    Jan 16, 2017, 03:08 AM

    Monday Morning Brief | Northern Cardinal stamped envelope

    Donna 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.

  • linns_mmb_2017_01_09
    Jan 9, 2017, 03:30 AM

    Monday Morning Brief | Inverted Jenny reappears

    Michael 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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