On October 9, the U.S. Postal Service announced the appointment of three members to the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee

In this brief article, World War II veteran Art Schmitz shares the way he started collecting stamps. When Art shared with friends that he had submitted an article, some of those close acquaintances reached out to tell us more about this lifelong collector.

It might be a good time to stock up on those “Forever” stamps as the U.S. Postal Service requests a 10 percent increase in the basic cost of a standard first-class letter, which would go from the current 50 cents up to 55 cents.

Jim Phillips, Director of Stamp Services for Canada Post, is a sneaky guy. Every autumn he quietly tucks away modest hints about planned issues for the year ahead in the pages of Details magazine