Bugs Bunny made his screen debut in a 1940 animated short feature titled A Wild Hare. His first appearance on a United States stamp came 57 years later.

Actress Vivian Vance followed a career of theater and film, including a stint on Broadway, before landing the role of the lifetime as Lucille Ball's best friend on the TV series I Love Lucy.

Speed is of the essence of any postal service. The dramatic admonition written by the sender on the letter from the court of Queen Elizabeth I sent in 1598 shown here urges “Hast Hast Post Haste,” encouraging speedy delivery.

One of the most popular illustrators of the 20th century, Maxfield Parrish, was honored on a 34¢ stamp in the 2001 commemorative set, American Illustrators. Parrish was born July 25, 1870, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Rasdale Stamp Co. is presenting its 425th public auction Aug. 15 and 16 at the firm’s gallery in Westmont, Ill., just west of Chicago. The auction lots are listed with images on the Rasdale Stamp Co. website, and bids can be placed online. The current sale consists of more than 575 lots from 85 owners, and ranges from single stamps and covers to large lots, accumulations and collections.

The American Philatelic Society has hired its new executive director: Scott English, a former chief of staff for a U.S. Congressman and chief operating officer for South Carolina's Department of Education. English will begin at the APS on Aug. 10.

Lighthouses of Australia, Croatia, Norway and Poland are pictured on new sets of stamps. Australia Post issued four se-tenant (side-by-side) stamps July 7 to commemorate 100 years of the commonwealth, or national, management of lighthouses.

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The former USPS worker from Florida who landed a tiny gyrocopter at the U.S. Capitol April 15 seems likely to face a trial on charges growing out of the incident. Lawyers told a judge July 22 that Douglas Hughes, 61, had rejected an offer of a 10-month prison sentence over his celebrated protest that showed Washington’s vulnerability to small aircraft.

When a group of 26 members of the House of Representatives voted this summer to add a provision to an appropriations bill that would require the United States Postal Service to restore mail deliveries to the standards in place in 2012, the action attracted little attention.

The mysterious 1937 disappearance of pilot Amelia Earhart remains unsolved, though some researchers believe they have gathered clues that might finally answer the questions about the conclusion of her around-the-world flight.

The Tieton, Wash., post office is a simple 1935 cement block building with a slat wood facade. Townsfolk in the agricultural community of 1,200 in central Washington believe the post office could become a landmark, if only the United States Postal Service would allow them to cover the front with a stamp-like mosaic.

The American Philatelic Society will host the nation’s largest annual stamp exhibition Aug. 20-23. The show will take place at the DeVos Place Convention Center, 303 Monroe Ave. NW, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Swedish-born actress Ingrid Bergman, who starred in one of the most famous films of all time, Casablanca (1942), is being honored Aug. 20 on a new United States stamp in the Legends of Hollywood commemorative series. The nondenominated (49¢) forever stamp is being issued in a pane of 20.

Common stamps are called that because they are, well, common, except for when they’re not. A case in point is a group of definitive (regular-issue) stamps produced by Australia Post from 1959-62. The six Australia Native Animals stamps are a subset of a larger group of definitive stamps issued during the same time frame.

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Among the most anticipated United States stamps of the 1960s was the Moon Landing issue (Scott C76). This 10¢ airmail stamp was issued Sept. 9, 1969, to celebrate the first manned moon landing earlier that year, on July 20.

British actor Daniel Radcliffe appeared on several stamps in the 2013 Harry Potter set of 20 forever stamps. Radcliffe starred as the young wizard, Harry, in all eight of the feature films in the series.

The Singapore Philatelic Museum has launched an exhibition that celebrates the country's 50th anniversary with more than 240 philatelic items, according to a museum release.

In a special ceremony July 22 at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic in the historic port of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Post unveiled stamps commemorating John Franklin’s ill-fated 1845 search for the Northwest Passage and the discovery in September 2014 of the sunken remains of his expedition’s flagship HMS Erebus.