Commemoratives We Won’t See In the USA

Commemoratives We Won’t See In the USA

Oct 14, 2018 | Stamp History

By Ken Perkins Imagine, if you will, that you open the latest Linn’s Stamp News and read that the next new issue from the U.S. Postal Service is going to be a stamp honoring the Catholic religion. That stamp would be front page news. The controversy would keep...
Northern California

Northern California

Dec 20, 2017 | Stamp History

Written by Ken Perkins, who is almost a native Northern Californian. San Franciscans think their City by the Bay is the most important place in Northern California. Maybe in the whole state, and the Postal Service seems to agree with them. Take a look at this stamp:...
Cover of the Month

Cover of the Month

Sep 4, 2017 | Stamp History

by Jim Sauer This month’s cover is of a type we’ve all seen before— all, or most, of a set of stamps applied to a cover—some being first day of issue and some not. Our example is not a first day of issue. In looking at this one, however, a couple things caught my...
North Korea Stamps

North Korea Stamps

May 15, 2017 | Stamp History

There are few laboratory tests in any environment that so clearly measure the differences in political systems as did North and South Korea. Divided after complete devastation during WW II, the North took a Maoist and Stalinist central planning model and the South a...
-Inferno-

-Inferno-

May 1, 2017 | Stamp History

Dan & Verge Visit the Stamp Show by Ken Perkins Room I In the middle of my life I awoke In a dark forest, having lost The straightforward path.1 But I met my old friend Verge, who promised To lead me out of this hell. After passing through strange places, As we...
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