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ISSUE 178 - October 3, 2025 - Stamp News Online Magazine

The Stamp Specialist:
Designs for U.S. Stamps

by Paul F. Berdanier
(From The Stamp Specialist Orange Book, published in 1941)

Designs for U. S. Postage StampsThe stamps of the United States should rank in beauty with the best in the world. In the unanimous opinion of all the artists I have talked with, our postage design leaves much to be desired. True, a number of our stamps have been excellent, such as the White Plains Commemorative, the Massachusetts Bay Colony Commemorative, etc., etc. Our present regular series of postage stamps are good, but on the whole the standard of design is . . .

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