2021 Membership drive
The IPDA is asking members to support its 2021 membership drive with a little reward for their effort….. get a member to join, get them to mention you as the referring member and your 2022 renewal is free. small Read More
Yuka Saso, the First Filipino Crowned as US Open Golf Champ, to Be Featured in New PHLPost Stamps
Postmaster General Norman “Mr. Postman” Fulgencio leads for the issuance of a postage stamp to Ms. Yuka Saso, the first Filipino who won the prestigious US Women Open Golf Championship in San Francisco California USA. “This is our own little Read More
World’s rarest postage stamp sold for $8.3mn
A 1933 Double Eagle gold coin sold for a record-setting $18.9 million at auction in New York on Tuesday, and the world’s rarest stamp went for $8.3 million. The coin, the only 1933 Double Eagle ever allowed to be privately owned, was Read More
World’s most expensive stamp misses asset boom
The British Guiana One-Cent Black on Magenta stamp is displayed at Sotheby’s in London June 2, 2014. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett The sale of the world’s most expensive postage stamp will test the value of shared ownership. London-listed philatelic specialist Stanley Gibbons Read More
Commentary: USPS Requests Second Postage Rate Increase in 2021
On Friday May 28, 2021 the USPS filed with the Postal Rate Commission a very large postage rate increase. The request is for the rates to go into effect on August 29, 2021. The overall average price increase is 6.8%. Read More
Postage costs to increase in USPS rate increase plan
By Chip HutchesonKentucky Today The United States Postal Service will increase prices on first-class mail as well as some other classes of postage, according to an announcement Friday afternoon. First-class postage will increase to 58 cents from 55 cents effective Read More