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US Stamps Jan 26, 2024, 1 PM
Milcopex 2024 to be held in June in Brookfield, Wis.
by Linn’s StaffThe show expects to have more than 20 dealers offering postage and revenue stamps, covers, postal history, stamp collecting supplies and philatelic literature. -
US Stamps Jan 26, 2024, 9 AM
Tagging-omitted error of U.S. 1981 B-rate Eagle booklet stamp discovered on first-day cover
by Charles SneeThe Scott editors determined that the new error will be listed in the 2025 Scott Specialized Catalogue of United States Stamps and Covers. -
US Stamps Jan 25, 2024, 10 AM
Proof set, booklet and print planned for U.S. Underground Railroad stamps
by Jay BigalkeThe 10 nondenominated (68¢) Underground Railroad stamps will be issued March 9 in a pane of 20. -
US Stamps Jan 25, 2024, 8 AM
Inside Linn’s: A dollar-sign stamp hiding in plain sight
by Charles SneeAlso this week, assisting a collector with identifying some mysterious Spanish stamps, and a fascinating look at the philatelic aspects of mailed maritime menus. -
US Stamps Jan 24, 2024, 12 PM
U.S. mixture dealer George Bon charges on at age 90
by Allen AbelBon has accumulated, by his own reckoning, five wives, eight ladies’ wig shops, 35 automobiles and half a million United States postage stamps. -
World Stamps Jan 24, 2024, 8 AM
Strong collector interest in stamps of East Timor
by Henry Gitner and Rick MillerIn the Scott catalogs, the stamps of independent East Timor are listed under and numbered consecutively following those of Timor, the former Portuguese colony. -
US Stamps Jan 23, 2024, 11 AM
The little girl in the 1943 Christmas seal
by John M. HotchnerDid the United States 1943 Christmas seal picture a living person? -
US Stamps Jan 23, 2024, 8 AM
Pages for 2023 U.S. Scott stamp album pages arrive
by Jay BigalkeThe 2023 Scott United States National Supplement is sold as just the pages and can also be ordered as a combination with a precut mount pack in either black or clear. -
World Stamps Jan 22, 2024, 10 AM
Great Britain’s 2024 commemorative stamp program
by David HartwigThe program started Jan. 11 with 15 Spice Girls stamps marking the 30th anniversary of the pop group. -
US Stamps Jan 22, 2024, 8 AM
Mazepa wins 2024 Lichtenstein award
by Linn’s StaffMazepa’s longtime focus has been on the philately of Poland and Ukraine. -
US Stamps Jan 19, 2024, 1 PM
Beck appointed to Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee
by Linn’s StaffBeck’s philatelic journey began when he was 8 years old. He particularly enjoys thematic and topical collecting. -
US Stamps Jan 19, 2024, 9 AM
Pillars of Creation and Cosmic Cliffs debut Jan. 22 on new Stellar Formations series of Priority Mail stamps
by Charles SneeThe designated first-day city is Greenbelt, Md., home to the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, which managed the development of the Webb Telescope. -
World Stamps Jan 18, 2024, 11 AM
May 2, 1840, Penny Black cover featured in Sotheby’s Feb. 2 ‘The One’ auction
by Jay BigalkeThis Penny Black on a Mulready letter sheet has an auction estimate of $1.5 million to $2.5 million. -
World Stamps Jan 18, 2024, 8 AM
Inside Linn’s: A pleasant mix of stamps and travel in England
by Charles SneeAlso this week, taking a closer look at experiments with dull gum on U.S. Eisenhower booklet stamps, and a philatelic word search puzzle focused on stamps issued in 1954. -
US Stamps Jan 17, 2024, 12 PM
Prospectus available for Philatelic Show 2024
by Linn’s StaffThe show will feature up to 100 exhibit frames, more than 50 dealers and a youth area. -
US Stamps Jan 17, 2024, 8 AM
Search for sets of U.S. 1942-46 motor vehicle use revenue stamps
by Henry Gitner and Rick MillerThe stamps were denominated according to how long they were valid for use, which depended on the month in which they were purchased. -
US Stamps Jan 16, 2024, 11 AM
Constance Baker Motley to be honored on 47th Black Heritage stamp Jan. 31 in New York City
by Charles SneeConstance Baker Motley was the first Black woman to have argued a case before the U.S. Supreme Court. She won nine of the 10 cases that she argued before the nation’s highest court. -
US Stamps Jan 16, 2024, 7 AM
How a misspelling sparked a new collection
by Jay BigalkeHow we end up on the journey to collect something seems to always have a story. -
World Stamps Jan 15, 2024, 11 AM
Grinfelds appointed deputy commissioner general for Boston 2026
by Linn’s StaffDzintars Grinfelds became the first three-time American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors youth champion of champions in the early 2000s. -
US Stamps Jan 15, 2024, 10 AM
1932 cover raises a question: what is a preventorium?
by John M. HotchnerThe pictured 1932 cacheted cover has a connection to Christmas seals even though a seal is not affixed to it.