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Happy Wicked Day to all who celebrate! ๐งน๐ซง๐ช๏ธ๐ ๐
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Can you point the islands of Wallis and Futuna on a map? ๐บ๏ธCome discover them with our intrepid Little Mail Carriers!
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In 2026 the USPS will release a stamp sheet honoring three-time heavyweight boxing champion, Muhammad Ali. The first day of issue ceremony will be held January 15, 2026 in Ali's hometown, Louisville, KY.
07.11.2025 14:18 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
A new stamp design for 2026 will highlight our national mammal, the American Bison. The Forever stamp will feature an adaptation of the 1923 American Buffalo stamp as an engraved inset.
07.11.2025 14:17 โ ๐ 11 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 2
Two of the new 2026 stamp issues will focus on the 250th anniversary of the United States. Figures of the American Revolution features 25 portraits of historical figures by 13 different artists, while the Declaration of Independence stamp spells out "1776" in feather quill pens.
07.11.2025 14:17 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
If your stamp collection was a bag of Halloween candy what would be your equivalent of a king size candy bar?
#halloween
Photo Credit: Sarah Jane Aldrich
New stamp designs for 2026 just dropped! Artist Camille Chew returns with the seventh of 12 stamp designs in the current Lunar New Year series. The Year of the Horse begins February 17, 2026 and ends on February 5, 2027.
29.10.2025 18:06 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Happy Birthday to Bela Lugosi! The Hungarian-American actor, best known for playing the title role in the film Dracula (1931), was born on this day in 1882. ๐ง
#halloween #dracula #vampires
Only two weeks until Halloween! Have you carved any pumpkins yet? ๐๐๐ป
๐ท: "Jack-o'-lanterns," USPS, 2016
#stampcollecting #nationalstampcollectingmonth #philately #halloween
La Poste (France's national postal service) has issued a croissant-scented stamp to celebrate the ever popular, buttery pastry. This follows the release of a baguette-scented stamp last year. Do you think the USPS should release more scented stamps?
13.10.2025 13:24 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Do you want to help promote National Stamp Collecting Month? Download and print these FREE posters to hang at your local library, coffee shop, or stamp club meeting!
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A hand holds several postcards in front of a bright red postbox. The postcards feature the official 2025 World Postcard Day design, showing an illustration of a woman outdoors, looking up as postcards float through a green landscape with trees and hills.
Happy #worldpostcardday, everyone! ๐ฅณ May your pens flow smoothly and your mailboxes overflow!
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Itโs #WorldPostcardDay! A HUGE thank you to everyone who sent postcards for our #PostcardDrop2025 (and to eldest for helping me display them). A staggering 521 postcards from 31 countries! Just AMAZING! Send a friend a postcard today! ๐ฅณ๐๐
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Happy World Postcard Day! ๐๐
Check out our latest blog post and discover six ways you can indulge in your love of postcards at Stampex later this monthโฆ
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Happy World Postcard Day! How will you be celebrating? Whether you are attending a meetup, writing cards at home, or just sharing your collection with friends and family, we look forward to seeing your postcards and hearing your stories! ๐๐ฌ
#WorldPostcardDay #Postcrossing
This unique piece of mail will appeal to philatelists and numismatists alike. The card reads "Made from the pulp of bank notes redeemed and macerated by the U.S. Treasury, Washington, D.C. Estimated to contain $200.00."
Upon closer inspection you can see fragments of the original bank note designs!
Is everyone ready for #WorldPostcardDay? ๐ If you're in Germany, Portugal, UK or the USA, there are special postmarks that you can use on your postcards! More info on the World Postcard Day events page: worldpostcardday.com/events
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Donations to the APS contain multitudes; today we unearthed this intergalactic cover complete with auxiliary markings. ๐๐ฝ
24.09.2025 17:19 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Actress Greta Garbo was born on this day in 1905.
In 2005 the US & Sweden created a special joint issue to celebrate her 100th birthday. The issues are slightly different; the US stamp is black with serpentine die cut 10ยพ perfs, while the Swedish stamp is dark brown with 12ยพ three-sided perforation.
Today the USPS released a new stamp honoring the writer, humanitarian, and Holocaust survivor, Elie Wiesel. 18th in the Distinguished Americans series, this two-ounce rate stamp will be issued in sheets of 20.
17.09.2025 20:30 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
On Saturday the USPS released the "Holiday Cheer" stamps featuring mixed-media illustrations from artist Denise Fiedler. The stamps will be issued in booklets of 20.
15.09.2025 15:08 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Auction begins today at 10am Eastern.
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Vintage emoji.
#stampcollecting
Thanks to Royal Mail, we are delighted to offer a special daily Stampex cancellation from the show this year. Use our dedicated Stampex post box at the show and your mail will be cancelled using the postmark for that day. Attend and mail items on all four days to collect all four cancellations!
04.09.2025 06:49 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
APS member and YPLF alum Trevor Bills has organized another pictorial postmark, this time for World Postcard Day which is less than a month away!
Stamped and addressed postcards inside an envelope can be sent to:
World Postcard Day Station
PO Box 2887
College Station, TX 77841-2887
The fourth auction of postal history from the estate of Alfred F. "Al" Kugel by Cherrystone Auctions will begin on September 10.
For more information visit: ow.ly/Sr2450WOpYp
Check out this fab postcard postcrossers will be signing and sending at the Postcrossing Meetup taking place on Saturday 25th October at Stampex! Postcard designed by Postcrosser, Anthony โค๏ธ
See postcrossing.com Meetup page for details and to stay up to date with plans for the day.
