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By Charles Snee
The March 9 digital-only issue of Linn’s Stamp News will be available to subscribers Saturday, Feb. 21. While you wait for your issue to arrive in your inbox, enjoy these three quick glimpses of exclusive content available only to subscribers.
$5 Americana stamp with ‘bullet hole’ flaw on 1983 postage due bill
Dollar-Sign Stamps columnist Charles Snee highlights the U.S. 1983 postage due bill shown above because the $5 Americana stamp to the left of the single $2 Americana stamp bears the so-called “bullet hole” flaw. The flaw first came to Snee’s attention in 2013, when he first saw the pictured postage due bill that was owned by Wade Saadi (1949-2025) at the time. “Saadi contacted me about the bullet hole flaw and shared a picture of the postage due bill,” Snee explains in this month’s column. “He told me that he had documented two other $5 Americana stamps bearing the flaw in the same location.” Also shown above is a cropped close-up of the $5 Americana stamp showing the flaw.
U.S. Stamp Notes: Are there any other Jenny Lind cancellations?
The headline of John M. Hotchner’s U.S. Stamp Notes column asks an interesting question: Are there any other Jenny Lind cancellations? In the United States, the well-known Swedish opera singer became the inspiration for town names in Arkansas, North Carolina, Wisconsin and Calif. Hotchner illustrates a cover postmarked March 28, 1930, in Lind, Calif., and goes on to provide brief history of the town.
Kitchen Table Philately: a repeat order to see if lightning strikes twice
In each weekly issue of Linn’s, E. Rawolik VI dissects the contents of a stamp mixture offered to collectors. E. Rawolik is a pseudonym that is also the word “kiloware” (a stamp mixture) spelled backward. This week, E. Rawolik VI explores half of an assortment of United States stamps offered by a dealer from New Jersey named Hirsch. Rawolik VI enthusiastically reviewed a mixture from Hirsch in the Feb. 23 issue of Linn’s. Rawolik VI also liked Hirsch’s second mix. “Truthfully, as a standalone offering this order was better than many of the others previously reviewed in this column,” Rawolik VI explains in this week’s column. “It’s just that it had no chance of competing with the best order ever reviewed.” Enjoy the full summary in this issue.
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