New Zealand Post has stopped canceling stamps on mail — at least temporarily. A New Zealand Post spokesperson told Linn’s Sept. 18: “New Zealand Post is currently trialling some new processes to reduce costs, due to the accelerating mail volume decline, this includes stopping the...

New (US) Stamp for Doctors The suddenly announced medical stamp was first hinted in this column March 15th. The new 3=A2 stamp to memorialize the medical profession will be issued June 9th to coincide with the American Medical Association's Centenary convention at Atlantic City, which will likely...

Why Is Everyone Going to Bhutan? By JANE MARGOLIES Published: New York Times - January 9, 2005 TWO years ago, Penny George ''couldn't have located Bhutan on a map.'' But after hearing friends rave about their trip to the tiny Buddhist kingdom tucked in the Himalayas, Ms. George, president of a...

I have a number of further German postmarks to identify 1. Old 4-figure postcode 8045 on 100pf women. What is the town ? 2. ??????nz (Donau) 13. I cannot find a town ending with nz in the present kreis of Donau. A large town ( 13 postal districts + ) ending in nz would be Koblenz. however is this...

I read as follows: "The 2006 Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act requires the Postal Service — unlike other government entities — to prefund its retiree benefits well into the future, a massive expenditure that many have pointed to as a key contributor to the agency’s current fiscal...

Hello to all ! Hoping someone out there has an answer to this - i tried emailing Gibbons with no reply, so here's hoping. In the july 2004 edition of Gibbons stamp monthly magazine, there is an article on the 1935 silver jubilee 2 1/2d prussian blue error, SG 456a , i believe. I know of an example...

Gday What's the latest thinking on removing brown "rust" spots (aka foxing or mould) from mint & used stamps, please? Some are worth a few bucks so I'd rather preserve the gum if poss. -- Cheers - John Mycroft coryton_at_cobbsmill_dot_com

Can anybody offer any more in depth info other than "charity"? Are there any catalogues or information about the Gadzillions of Spanish emmisions of similar nature? (other than edifil) (not my stamp) http://cjoint.com/data/cxo2o3wtFL.htm Between the Castle and the Lion (Castille & Leon) there is...

I have these Germany AMG stamps. What I need are the present Michel catalog values in Euros (or US$) assuming the ids are correct. What I've written down to identify each stamp is what was written already by someone else. I have an old Michel catalog and figured out what some of it means but have...

In Linn's Stamp News, August 10, 2016, from the article: "Why the U.S. Postal Service’s net losses for the year are growing" by Bill McAllister, I learned as follows: "One of the changes USPS made in the quarter was a revision to how many stamps are held by the public. That revision added $1...

At one time, the country of Albania honored a smoker who used twelve packs a day, by putting his picture on a postage stamp. - from www.odd-info.com

http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/new-zealand-stamps-attract-record-prices-2497407

Here is a very brief summary list of Canadian cities and their precancel codes: Quebec 0592 - Lennoxville, Canada 0700 - Montreal, Canada 1050 - Quebec, Canada 1142 - Rock Island, Canada 1470 - Saint Hyacinthe, Canada 1810 - Sherbrooke, Canada

Cab someone tell me where I can find a conversiion table between Scott and/or Minkus and Stanley Gibbon stamp No.'s? Thanks. Roger Australia

OK you guys have made it clear, the Norfolk Island Species at Risk stamp in the Australia Souvenir Sheet stamp cannot be used in Australia. Aussie Post sold a worthless stamp as far as the continent is concerned. There is another recent Souvenir Sheet with one Pitcairn Island $2.50 stamp and a...

I just returned from a local stamp bourse. To be honest it looked more like a gathering of the AARP (Assoc. of Retired People). I feel safe to believe that the only person there under the age of 40 was a young girl who was obviously with her stamp dealer dad (wether she collects... only dad can...

There are two categories of countries that issue harmful stamps. Some, on whose behalf postage stamps are issued by anonymous producers, without the approval of the respective countries. These are (rarely) denounced at the UPU by the damaged countries and appear in the UPU Circulars of illegal...

Hi A description on ebay of a set of stamps that I am interested in says that there is a small amount of 'foxing' on one them. What does this term mean? Thanks Mike

Could someone with a current Scott catalogue please tell me the value of Cuba #1163-65 in MNH condition? Thanks, Bob

1872 Cover Vienna to Rothwasser Poland? Handmade cover. 1. What is the written word above Josef Langhammer Senior? 2. Is it Rothwasser Poland? what is that last written word "Mrifran"? 3. Opening the flaps any idea what type of braodsheet the cover was made from? 4. Seutter & Co? 5. No...