Look What's New! February 2019 on StampNewsNow.com!

USPS Stamp Release for February 2019

Stamp releases for February include: Cactus Flower Forever stamps (10 designs) and the Alabama Statehood Forever stamp.

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Stamp Auction Calendar and Stamp Show Calendar - Updated on January 30, 2019!

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First Day Covers (FDC) Ordering Calendar - Updated on January 30, 2019! Check out our updated page and the digital color pictorial cancels added to the FDC Ordering page!

Click to order the following first day covers: Madonna and Child, Kwanzaa, Sparkling Holidays, Hanukkah, Hearts Blossom, Year of the Boar, Joshua Tree, Bethesda Fountain, California Dogface, Gregory Hines, Cactus Flowers and Alabama Statehood. If you are interested in the Madonna and Child — the deadline is February 3, 2019.

Look What's New! January 2019 on StampNewsNow.com!

USPS Stamp Release for January 2019

Stamp releases for January include: Hearts Blossom Forever stamp, Year of the Boar Forever stamp, Uncle Sam's Hat Additional Ounce (15¢) Rate stamp, US Flag (55¢) Forever Rate stamp, California Dogface non-machineable Butterfly stamp, Joshua Tree $7.35 Priority Mail stamp (shown on left), Bethesda Fountain $25.50 Express Mail stamp, and Gregory Hines Forever stamp.

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Look What's New! December 2018 on StampNewsNow.com!

The 2019 USPS New Stamp Issues Preview!

So far the USPS has announced 20 stamps for 2019. Here's the list with a little something for everyone to enjoy: Coral Reefs postcard stamps, Post Office Mural forever stamps, Wild and Scenic Rivers forever stamps, Cactus Flower forever stamps (previous are show left), Hearts Blossom forever stamp, Year of the Boar forever stamp, Gregory Hines forever stamp, Alabama Statehood forever stamp, Marvin Gaye forever stamp, USS Missouri forever stamp, US Flag forever stamp, Walt Whitman three ounce stamp, Frog forever stamps, State and County Fairs forever stamps, Woodstock forever stamp, Winter Berries forever stamps, Joshua Tree priority mail stamp, Bethesda Fountain priority mail express stamp, California Dogface non-machineable Butterfly stamp and US Flag stamp envelope.

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Look What's New! November 2018 on StampNewsNow.com!

Canada Post Remembers Its Heroes

On October 24 Canada Post issued a single stamp in a sheetlet and booklet pane to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I.

After more than four years of bitter struggle, the fighting in the First World War came to an end at “the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month” of 1918. This stamp celebrates the silencing of the guns and commemorates . . .

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Look What's New! October 2018 on StampNewsNow.com!

USPS Stamp Releases for October 2018
Stamp releases for October include: Madonna and Child, Kwanzaa, Sparkling Santa Souvenir Sheet, Sparkling Santa, and Hanukkah. Click for October stamp releases and more!

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USPS Stamp Releases for September 2018
Stamp releases for September include: John Lennon, Honoring First Responders, Hot Wheels, and Birds in Winter. Click for September stamp releases and more!

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The latest issue of The American Revenuer—the journal of the American Revenue Assocation (ARA)—carries remarkable news of four Revenue Stamps (Scott REA184-87) that were snapped up on eBay at the Buy It Now price of $1,000. “Anonymous”—possibly the buyer(?)—reported that “…experienced revenue stamp dealers charge up to $2,000, depending on condition” for the Hogshead stamp (Scott REA187).

Even more significant, shown here, the 1/3 Barrel (Sc. REA184) is the only known unused example and that the Scott value for a used example is $35,000 (the most recent realization being $12,000 in 2017 for one of the two known examples).

As none were known before this discovery, REA184 is not listed in unused condition in Scott. When they add it, if they go by the price realized in the marketplace, at most that would be $1,000, the eBay sale price. However, “Anonymous” aptly points out, “It is undoubtedly safe to say that if either of these two newly discovered mint examples ever came to market in a well-publicized auction, bidding would be spirited.”

From this we can draw the inference that an eBay Buy It Now offer is not a well-publicized auction for specialized items such as this. (The auction was started at $9.99, but the Buy It Now offer pre-empted it!) Also that the buyer was much more knowledgeable than the seller of this lot.

To learn more about Revenue stamps, we refer you to the ARA website, www.revenuer.org.

Look What's New! August 2018 on StampNewsNow.com!

USPS Stamp Releases for August 2018
Stamp releases for August include: The Art of Magic (4 stamp designs), Dragons (4 stamp designs), U. S. Airmail P.O.D. Service Stamp and Global Poinsettia. Click for August stamp releases and more!

New Price List. Collect Used United States stamps starting for as little as 10¢ each.

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The latest issue of The American Revenuer—the journal of the American Revenue Assocation (ARA)—carries remarkable news of four Revenue Stamps (Scott REA184-87) that were snapped up on eBay at the Buy It Now price of $1,000. “Anonymous”—possibly the buyer(?)—reported that “…experienced revenue stamp dealers charge up to $2,000, depending on condition” for the Hogshead stamp (Scott REA187).

Even more significant, shown here, the 1/3 Barrel (Sc. REA184) is the only known unused example and that the Scott value for a used example is $35,000 (the most recent realization being $12,000 in 2017 for one of the two known examples).

As none were known before this discovery, REA184 is not listed in unused condition in Scott. When they add it, if they go by the price realized in the marketplace, at most that would be $1,000, the eBay sale price. However, “Anonymous” aptly points out, “It is undoubtedly safe to say that if either of these two newly discovered mint examples ever came to market in a well-publicized auction, bidding would be spirited.”

From this we can draw the inference that an eBay Buy It Now offer is not a well-publicized auction for specialized items such as this. (The auction was started at $9.99, but the Buy It Now offer pre-empted it!) Also that the buyer was much more knowledgeable than the seller of this lot.

To learn more about Revenue stamps, we refer you to the ARA website, www.revenuer.org.

Look What's New! July 2018 on StampNewsNow.com!

USPS Stamp Releases July 2018
Stamp releases for July include: O Beautiful (20 stamp designs), Scooby-Doo, and World War 1: Turning the Tide. Click for July stamp releases and more!

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USPS Stamp Releases June 2018
Stamp releases for June include: Flag Act of 1818, Frozen Treats, Statue of Freedom
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Look What's New! May 2018 on StampNewsNow.com!

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USPS Stamp Releases in May 2018
Stamp releases for May include: U. S. Airmail Army Pilots and Sally Ride

U.S. Airmail Army Pilots Stamp, May 1
The airmail stamp being issued on May 1 in Washington, D.C., to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the beginning of regular airmail service will be the first of two identical design stamps to be issued this year. This first stamp in blue commemorates the pioneering spirit of the brave Army pilots who initiated the . . .

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Sally Ride, May 23
America’s first woman in space, Dr. Sally Ride was a member of the crew of Space Shuttle Challenger STS-7 in 1984. She inspired the nation as a pioneering astronaut, brilliant physicist, and dedicated educator, and was awarded the . . .

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Look What's New! April 2018 on StampNewsNow.com!

USPS Stamp Releases in April 2018
Stamp releases for April include: STEM Education and the Peace Rose

STEM Education stamps (include 4 designs)
These stamps celebrate the role of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education in keeping the United States a global leader in innovation and providing new opportunities for all Americans to learn and explore the world. Each of the four stamps features a . . .

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Peace Rose
Peace Rose celebrates one of the most popular roses of all time. The peace rose revolutionized. . .

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Look What's New! March 2018 on StampNewsNow.com!

USPS Stamp Releases in March 2018
Stamp releases for March include: Mister Rogers and Illinois Statehood!

Fred Rogers (1928–2003) was known as a beloved television neighbor to generations of children. His groundbreaking public television series “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” inspired and educated young viewers with warmth, sensitivity and honesty. Filmed in Pittsburgh and first distributed nationally in 1968 by a predecessor of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), the program was innovative and unlike anything on television for children at that time. Each episode of “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” began with . . .

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Look What's New! February 2018 on StampNewsNow.com!

USPS Stamp Releases in February 2018
Stamp releases for February 2018 include: Bioluminescent Life (10 stamp designs) and the U.S. Flag!.

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Look What's New! January 2018 on StampNewsNow.com!

USPS Stamp Releases in January 2018
Stamp releases for January 2018 include: Year of the Dog Forever Stamp, Love Flourishes Forever Stamp, Meyer Lemons 2¢ stamp, Sleeping Bear Dunes Priority Mail Express Stamp (shown left), Byodo-In Temple Priority Mail Stamp, and the Lena Horne Forever Stamp.

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