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Published by Scott Stamp LLC, Linn’s delivers global issue coverage, postal history, expert columns, and market trends for collectors worldwide. Linn’s Stamp News is the world’s largest newspaper devoted to stamp collecting. Linn in 1928 as Linn’s Weekly Stamp News, Linn’s has served generations of collectors with reliable, in-depth coverage of the global philatelic market. Each week, Linn’s provides accurate, timely news along with expert columns, market insights, and features covering U.S. and worldwide stamps, postal history, and collecting trends. Its editorial team of experienced stamp-collector journalists delivers authoritative reporting for hobbyists at every level. Linn’s is published by Scott Stamp LLC, which also produces Scott Stamp Monthly and the Scott Catalogue series, the industry-standard reference for identifying and valuing stamps worldwide.

A colorful new first-day cancel is available for the U.S. Winter Wreath global forever stamp issued Sept. 18. ❄️📬The pic...
09/19/2026

A colorful new first-day cancel is available for the U.S. Winter Wreath global forever stamp issued Sept. 18. ❄️📬

The pictorial postmark features a snow-covered house, a wreath on the door and tiny footprints leading through the snow.

See the full design and ordering details — more in comments.

Fresh from the oven: four new Christmas Cookies forever stamps arrive Sept. 19. 🍪🎄The USPS issue features a Christmas tr...
09/19/2026

Fresh from the oven: four new Christmas Cookies forever stamps arrive Sept. 19. 🍪🎄

The USPS issue features a Christmas tree, stocking, Santa and wrapped present — all created from real cookies that were baked and decorated for the stamp designs.

See the stamps, first-day postmarks and more in comments. 👇

Scott Stamp LLC is hiring in Troy, Ohio!The company is seeking a Photoshop and digital imaging specialist to work with t...
09/18/2026

Scott Stamp LLC is hiring in Troy, Ohio!

The company is seeking a Photoshop and digital imaging specialist to work with the extensive library of stamp images used in the Scott postage stamp catalogs. Full-time and part-time schedules are available, with pay ranging from $20 to $24 per hour depending on experience.

Photoshop skills are important, and experience with photography, scanning, prepress, InDesign or philately is a plus.

Interested — or know someone who might be a great fit? More details and application information in the comments.

Holiday mail is getting a wintry new look. ❄️📬The U.S. Postal Service issues its new $1.75 global forever Winter Wreath ...
09/18/2026

Holiday mail is getting a wintry new look. ❄️📬

The U.S. Postal Service issues its new $1.75 global forever Winter Wreath stamp Sept. 18, featuring a snow-tipped evergreen wreath designed for international holiday greetings.

The circular stamp continues a global-series tradition that dates to 2013.

More in comments. 👇

📬 Postcard fans, mark your calendars: Scott Stamp LLC will celebrate World Postcard Day Oct. 1 with a Postcrossing meetu...
09/17/2026

📬 Postcard fans, mark your calendars: Scott Stamp LLC will celebrate World Postcard Day Oct. 1 with a Postcrossing meetup in Troy, Ohio.

The afternoon will include postcard writing and exchanging, the unveiling of a special pictorial postmark, a commemorative Troy postcard and a special announcement from Scott Stamp LLC.

More in the comments. 👇

Is there something we should know? 🎶Royal Mail is celebrating Duran Duran with 12 new stamps featuring classic album cov...
09/17/2026

Is there something we should know? 🎶

Royal Mail is celebrating Duran Duran with 12 new stamps featuring classic album covers and tour posters, from "Rio" and "Seven and the Ragged Tiger" to "Future Past."

Take a view to these new stamps — more in the comments. 👇

A ceramic postage stamp? Yep.PostNL has issued its first ceramic postage stamp, a 50mm-by-50mm tile featuring a Delft Bl...
09/16/2026

A ceramic postage stamp? Yep.

PostNL has issued its first ceramic postage stamp, a 50mm-by-50mm tile featuring a Delft Blue-inspired floral and bird design created with Royal Delft.

The stamp pays the Netherlands’ domestic letter rate, but collectors will pay a bit more for this unusual piece of postal history.

More in the comments. 👇

Indypex returns Sept. 18-20 in Danville, Ind., bringing collectors together for three days of stamps, exhibits, dealers ...
09/15/2026

Indypex returns Sept. 18-20 in Danville, Ind., bringing collectors together for three days of stamps, exhibits, dealers and more.

See what’s planned for this year’s show. More in the comments. 👇

Some of the great rarities of 19th-century U.S. philately are coming back to market.Siegel’s Sept. 23-24 Boardwalk colle...
09/14/2026

Some of the great rarities of 19th-century U.S. philately are coming back to market.

Siegel’s Sept. 23-24 Boardwalk collection sale includes a 5¢ 1875 special printing valued at $500,000, an unused pair of St. Louis “Bears,” a rare 24¢ blackish violet stamp and an original-gum strip of three 10¢ 1847 Washington stamps.

Several haven’t been publicly offered in decades.

See the highlights and the stories behind them. More in the comments. 👇

What if your philatelic souvenirs could record not just what you collect, but where the hobby takes you?Scott is introdu...
09/12/2026

What if your philatelic souvenirs could record not just what you collect, but where the hobby takes you?

Scott is introducing a new Collectible Print Series designed to be personalized with stamps and cancellations from shows, first-day ceremonies, meetups and other events.

Series No. 0001 celebrates the Rattlesnake Island Local Post, and some copies even took a flight over the island aboard a 1928 Ford Tri-Motor.

Read more in the comments. 👇

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