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ISSUE 179 - November 7, 2025 - Stamp News Online Magazine

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Modern U.S. Varieties: Mail Service? Perforation Types and Taggant Behavior

by Rudy de Mordaigle

Letter from Ewa Beach, Hawaii January 25, 1968USPS last letter must not mean “service“.
Why I’m not so much of a fan of the USPS anymore: Saturday, two days ago I opened my mail and found a credit card statement from January. January? Wait, it’s not even November. Oh, January 2024! Well, today’s a Monday, October 20, and in today’s mail was another credit card statement. January 2024 again. Good thing I go online to pay bills, but it shouldn’t work like that.

There was also a letter in today’s mail from reader Rob Loeffler, postmarked January 8, 2024! A note said . . .

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