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The Ansel Adams forever commemorative stamps were issued at a May 15 ceremony in Yosemite, Calif., with Yosemite Falls as a backdrop. Photo by Jay Bigalke. A dedication ceremony for the Ansel Adams stamp took place May 23 in Aspen, Colo. One of the stamps shows Maroon Bells, mountain peaks located nearby (right). Unveiling photo […]

In First-Day Covers in the June 24 issue of Linn’s Stamp News, Lloyd de Vries highlights the Underground Railroad stamps to warn readers about roadblocks to obtaining combination FDCs. The June 24 issue of Linn’s Stamp News just landed on the presses and goes in the mail to subscribers Monday, June 10. And if you subscribe to […]

Four new United States Flags stamps will be issued June 14 in double-sided panes of 20 and coil rolls of 100, 3,000 and 10,000. Keystone, S.D., will serve as the first-day city, and a locally held first-day ceremony is planned at Mount Rushmore. On June 14, Flag Day, the United States Postal Service will issue […]

The new nondenominated (68¢) Horses stamps were printed in panes of 20. The decorative selvage at the top features a photo by Stephanie Moon of a horse that does not appear on one of the five stamps. On June 17, the United States Postal Service will issue five forever commemorative stamps featuring photographs of horses […]

On May 20, the United States Postal Service announced issue dates and first-day ceremony locations for 11 issues in its 2024 stamp program. The stamps will debut from July through October. A new series of low-denomination stamps picturing flowers will arrive July 18 with no ceremony in Berkeley, Calif. The 1¢, 2¢, 3¢, 5¢ and 10¢ stamps […]

This 1894 unmailed, illustrated cover illuminates a period in California’s history before it became a state in 1850. We think of California as an integral part of the United States, but it was not always so. This was brought home to me by a cover I recently purchased even though it had not been sent […]