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Stamp Collecting - The Art of the Stamp

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!I was browsing around Google News this morning looking for stamp collecting related news items, when I happened across this: The Art of the Stamp. This is a virtual exhibit on the National Postal Museum’s website, and it is […]

Jamestown Stamp Sheet Has The Blues

It has come to light that there is a color variation in the Jamestown Souvenir Sheet. Sources at the Fresno, CA and Sacramento, CA post offices have discovered that some souvenir sheets are the dark blue we have seen in recent stamp images, while others are a lighter blue color.

Further examination of the Jamestown […]

PNC’s - There’s still hope!

Plate Number Coil (PNC) collectors have been up in arms over a recent decision by USPS to limit PNC’s to just one number for all printings. This decision would effectively destroy the entire hobby of PNC collecting. But…there is still hope. Bob Rabinowitz and several others have spearheaded a campaign to try and save the […]

U.S. Stamps for 2006…Will They Ever End?

So I was emailed this afternoon by someone asking me if there is a new Lady & Liberty issue out this month. As I hadn’t heard yet of anything else out this year, I got on the phone with my contact at the USPS who said “I am not sure, let me find out”. They […]

U.S. Has Busy Week of Stamp Issues

The United States was busy this week with three days of stamp issues. Starting this off was the Southern Florida Wetlands Souvenir Sheet, which is part eight of the Nature of America Series. It was issued on October 4th. Ten commermorative stamps are on this sheet and descriptions of the wetland and a numbered key […]

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