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Linn's Stamp News Linn's Stamp News is the world's largest newsmagazine for stamp collectors. The Scott catalogues hel Founded by George W. The U.S.

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 is today owned by Amos Media Co., a family-owned hobby publishing company based in Sidney, Ohio. Each week Linn's staff of stamp-collector journalists provides accurate, timely and detailed news coverage as well as a wide variety of columns and features of interest to st

amp collectors all over the globe. Amos Media produces eight Scott catalogues each year: The six-volume worldwide Scott Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue, the Scott Specialized Catalogue of United States Stamps and Covers, and the Scott Classic Specialized Catalogue of Stamps and Covers 1840-1940. Specialized and Classic Specialized catalogues are widely recognized as the best single-volume treatments of U.S. stamps and postal history, and the stamps and postal history of the classic era, respectively. Amos Press acquired Scott Publishing Co. in 1984 and moved the entire company from its headquarters in New York City to Sidney, Ohio.

UNPA marks International Day of Peace with embroidered stamps in Sept. 19 joint issue.
18/09/2025

UNPA marks International Day of Peace with embroidered stamps in Sept. 19 joint issue.

The other postal organizations involved in this joint issue are Aland, Armenia, Austria, Barbados, Cyprus, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg and Switzerland.

Island of Sark issues first stamps with Aug. 27 commemorative set and Sept. 3 definitive set.
17/09/2025

Island of Sark issues first stamps with Aug. 27 commemorative set and Sept. 3 definitive set.

Sark is the first island since Alderney in 1983 (more than 40 years ago) to issue British stamps.

Refused or vacant: what’s going on with USPS deliveries?
17/09/2025

Refused or vacant: what’s going on with USPS deliveries?

Two covers highlight some recent problems with mail delivered by the United States Postal Service.

Family members triumph at annual cachetmaking contest.
16/09/2025

Family members triumph at annual cachetmaking contest.


Entrants to the contest must be members of the American First Day Cover Society, or, in the case of youth cachetmakers, related to a member of the society.

Kohler to auction Frajola collection of Great Britain Queen Victoria Sept. 19 in Germany.
16/09/2025

Kohler to auction Frajola collection of Great Britain Queen Victoria Sept. 19 in Germany.

“This special sale celebrates the very foundation of Great Britain’s philatelic story: the imperforate, line-engraved issues of Queen Victoria,” Kohler said in the foreword to the sale catalog.

Mysterious nighttime lights aglow at annual Texas festival.
15/09/2025

Mysterious nighttime lights aglow at annual Texas festival.

Marfa, a high desert city in west Texas, has become known for the appearance of mysterious lights in the southern nighttime sky about 30 times per year.

New tagging-omitted error of U.S. 2024 Flag stamp discovered in mixture.
15/09/2025

New tagging-omitted error of U.S. 2024 Flag stamp discovered in mixture.

Robert Thompson, a U.S. plate-number coil and tagging specialist, discovered the error stamp in a mixture that another collector had sent to him to sort through.

Poshmark offers exclusive USPS Ground Advantage packaging as it shifts shipping to cut costs.
11/09/2025

Poshmark offers exclusive USPS Ground Advantage packaging as it shifts shipping to cut costs.

With more than 100 million registered users across the United States, Canada, Australia, and India, Poshmark has grown into one of the largest online resale marketplaces.

Postal price gap leaves stamp collectors paying more.
11/09/2025

Postal price gap leaves stamp collectors paying more.


The message is clear: USPS wants you to do your business with them on the computer, not at the retail window.

Quintet of U.S. Winter Landscapes stamps to arrive Sept. 19 in Danville, Indiana.
10/09/2025

Quintet of U.S. Winter Landscapes stamps to arrive Sept. 19 in Danville, Indiana.

The nondenominated (78¢) Winter Landscapes stamps will be issued in double-sided panes of 20.

Royal Mail celebrates ducks in Sept. 11 issue.
10/09/2025

Royal Mail celebrates ducks in Sept. 11 issue.

Presented in two horizontal se-tenant (side-by-side) strips of five, the stamps show 10 different species of ducks representing 10 of the 22 duck species found in the United Kingdom.

Canada Post highlights fungi on Aug. 27 set of five.
09/09/2025

Canada Post highlights fungi on Aug. 27 set of five.

Each stamp shows one of five different fungus species found in Canada with designs reminiscent of botanical illustrations.

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