On Wednesday, the United States Postal Service issued a 44 cent commemorative stamp honoring actress Katharine Hepburn, who died in 2003. The Postal Service has honored many other recently deceased movie stars and musicians with commemorative postage stamps of their own. Celebrities recently honored with their own stamps include Frank Sinatra (2008), Bette Davis (2008) [...]

The new Federal duck stamp for 2006-2007 is going to feature the Ross goose. For those that don’t know, the Ross goose is named after Bernard R. Ross. The stamp will feature the work of Sherrie Russell Meline. It’s quite a striking stamp. Sales for the 2006-2007 Federal Duck Stamp started on July 01, 2006.

Stamp collectors, there’s another cancellation to collect. This one comes from the Rome Township, which is in Ohio. The township is having their bicentennial. To celebrate it, the Post Office is offering a special postage cancellation. According to Postmaster Terry Healan, the stamp will depict the historic Rome Presbyterian Church. That church was built 170 [...]