Donations to the APS contain multitudes; today we unearthed this intergalactic cover complete with auxiliary markings. 😉👽

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 10¾ perfs, while the Swedish stamp is dark brown with 12¾ 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.

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.

Auction begins today at 10am Eastern.

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!

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 ❤️ See postcrossing.com Meetup page for details and to stay up to date with plans for the day.

Always wanted to check out the Postcrossing forum, but didn't know where to start? Clarisse wrote a post to help newbies explore one of her favorite corners of the forum, and invite everyone to spread some joy! #postcrossing #postcards

Thanks to APS member Bruce Flitcroft we got to practice some extreme philately at the American Philatelic Center today! The Pontiac GTO stamp is from the Pony Cars set released in 2022.

On this day in 2017 the U.S. experienced a total solar eclipse that stretched from coast to coast. To commemorate the event the USPS produced its first stamp using thermochromic (heat sensitive) ink. Read more about the science of the printing process in Issue 1 of StampEd Magazine! stamped.pub

Share your show highlights with us by using #GASS2025 on Instagram, Facebook, and Bluesky. We can't wait to see everyone in Schaumburg! #GASS2025 #GreatAmericanStampShow

Linn’s Stamp News will host three @postcrossing.com meetups (with three different postcard designs!) during the Great American Stamp Show in Schaumburg, IL next week. For more details visit community.postcrossing.com/t/14-16-augu...

August 7th is National Lighthouse Day, which seems like a perfect time to highlight this popular topical subject. Do you have any lighthouse stamps in your collection? 📷: "Mid-Atlantic Lighthouses," USPS, 2021

The American Philatelic Research Library and the Rocky Mountain Philatelic Library invite you to bid in their inaugural philatelic literature auction, open now through October 31. For more information please visit philatelicbookauction.org and email [email protected] with any questions.

Today at a special event in Times Square the USPS released the brand new SpongeBob SquarePants Forever stamps. 🧽👖🍍🌊🦀 #spongebob

On this day in 1954 J.R.R. Tolkien published The Fellowship of the Ring, the first installment of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. In 2004 the Royal Mail produced a set of stamps to celebrate the book's 50th anniversary, featuring Tolkien's own illustrations.

Yesterday the USPS released "Putting a Stamp on the American Experience," a prestige booklet that will feature the first postmaster general, Benjamin Franklin. The design is a "modern interpretation" of an 1875 reproduction of an 1847 5-cent stamp.

Today the USPS released "250 Years of Delivering," a new sheet of Forever stamps celebrating the anniversary of the postal service, with illustrations by Chris Ware.

Come discover the inspiration (and the cool dented edge! 😍) of PostNL's new Postcrossing-themed stamp sheet in this interview with its designer! #postcrossing #postcards #philately

Thank you to everyone who joined us last week for Volunteer Work Week!

It's our birthdaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay! 🎉🎂🥳🎈 Twenty years of filling up the world's mailboxes with happy mail! #postcards #postcrossing #postcrossing20

Your special mission this week is to take a selfie with 20 postcards and post it on the anniversary gallery! 📸 We want to see happy faces from all over the world celebrating this special milestone! 🗺️ 👉 www.postcrossing.com/20years/gall... #postcrossing

The American Philatelic Society is pleased to announce that Kirk Gillis, most recently the Deputy Associate Director and Chief Sales and Marketing Officer for the U.S. Mint, will be the eighth Executive Director of the society. Read more in our newsroom: stamps.org/news/aps-nam...

Yesterday the USPS announced updates to the 2025 stamp program, including the addition of a two-ounce rate stamp honoring humanitarian Elie Wiesel (18th in the Distinguished Americans series) and four new Holiday Cheer designs. The new issues will be released in September.

Have you gotten your invite to The Hub yet? You don't have to wait to experience this new philatelic community! Join today: stampschool.stamps.org

This year’s EUROPA stamps highlight archaeological discoveries across Europe — and voting is now open to pick your favorite! Which stamp gets your vote this year? www.postcrossing.com/blog/2025/06...

The movie E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial was released in the U.S. on this day in 1982. The sci-fi film, lauded for its special effects, was featured on a sheet of stamps commemorating American film making. The title character also appeared in the 1980s "Celebrate the Century" set.

Join APS and the Mt. Nittany Philatelic Society next month for SCOPEX and a family-friendly event at the Match Factory in Bellefonte, PA. Visit stamps.org/events/apc-e... for more information!

The American Philatelic Center will be closed on Monday, May 26, 2025 in observance of Memorial Day.

Today the USPS released three new stamps commemorating the 250th anniversaries of the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Marine Corps. Each stamp will be issued in panes of 20.

On May 15, 1918 the U.S. officially established airmail service between New York and Washington, D.C. Bellefonte, PA (current home of the American Philatelic Center) eventually became an important refueling spot for pilots flying the dangerous stretch of the Allegheny Mountains.

On this day in 1804 Meriwether Lewis and William Clark began their Corps of Discovery Expedition to explore the Louisiana Purchase. The stamps issued for the bicentennial of the expedition stand out among modern U.S. stamps for their combined use of intaglio and offset printing.

Today the USPS released a set of stamps featuring images from the children's book, Goodnight Moon, written by Margaret Wise Brown and illustrated by Clement Hurd. The Forever stamps will be issued in panes of 16.

The second celebration issue, titled 250 Years of Delivering, will feature a pane of 20 different stamps designed by cartoonist Chris Ware. Both new issues will be released in July 2025.

The USPS has announced two new stamp issues to celebrate 250 years of the US Postal Service. The first will be available only as a prestige booklet and will feature the first postmaster general, Benjamin Franklin.

Tired of texting? Send your loved ones some snail mail instead. Rachel Syme, author of "Syme's Letter Writer: A Guide to Modern Correspondence," shares whimsical ways to start a letter-writing habit.

🌧️☀️ Even the rain couldn’t stop us from planting nearly 1000 pine trees in central Portugal! 🌲💚 It's #EarthDay, so come read all about this year’s muddy, happy expansion of the Postcrossing forest! #postcrossing

Today, we celebrate the 55th annual Earth Day — an international holiday celebrating and advocating for environmental protection. The theme of this year's Earth Day is "Our Power, Our Planet," which invites one billion supporters in 192 countries to unite behind renewable energy.