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Today is Coronation Day in England, celebrating a long history of such events in British History. I thought some, particularly stamp and coin collectors, would enjoy seeing this work from the Royal Mail, celebrating The Restoration of The Monarchy.
In 1660, the monarchy was restored when Parliament invited King Charles II to take the throne.

China Supply Chain Issues
These are trying times for collectors!
It is time for the release of the annual H.E. Harris Album Supplements for the Liberty Stamp Albums. In fact it is past time based on prior years. BUT, I have been notified that this year the H.E. Harris Company only received a partial shipment from the printers in China, with more to come later. So rather than the 500 we need to fill the order we receive, we are only receiving 50, with more to come later.
Unfortunately, this is not an isolated situation. We hope to have a shipment of Prinz Mounts arriving from Europe sometime around the first of May. Showgard hopes to be back in production about that time, as they have been out of production for nearly a year now.
No mounts and no supplements, just a lot of hope and patience.

San Diego Stamp Show - iHobb.com
We just spent a long weekend at our first stamp show. What a wonderful opportunity it has been to meet many of our online customers in person, and we received invaluable feedback from a broad range of collectors, about what collectors are seeking, and also many kind remarks about our website and service. We are always looking to improve and to better meet the needs of collectors.

The 2022 Supplements have arrived from
Scott and have answered a question that many have asked: How will they deal with the U.S. #5735 Schultz "Peanuts"? Will the stamps be presented as a pane of 20 stamps, but there are only 10 different, which do not accommodate a block of 10. So to be listed as 10 singles or the full pane? Answer: a full pane, which makes for a better showing of the issue, but does require purchase of each stamp twice.

Reichsbanknote Reichsbankhauptkasse
I came upon this beauty in a lot of German Stamps and like everyone I enjoy the engravers art found on banknotes. At iHobb we do not sell banknotes, only selling the currency albums and supplies for banknote collecting, but sure enjoy the beauty of the engravers art.

Scott Identification Guide to U.S. Stamps by Charles N. Micarelli
Just released with the first update since 2013. A “must-have” reference for any serious U.S. collector, the Scott Identification Guide to U.S. Stamps picks up where the U.S. Specialized catalog leaves off. (Illustrated in Color)

News From The Front
Stamp Collectors use a simple tool: stamp Tongs (tweezers) for sorting and handling stamps. But in today's world, not so simple! The tips of philatelic tongs are coated with a silver-nitrate coating to protect the stamps. I have been informed by Vidiform that last week their major source of this material, located in the Ukraine, was bombed by the Russians. Two security personnel were injured, but fortunately the 140 workers we home for the evening. Now, they are without employment as the factory was destroyed, and this simple philatelic tool becomes more scare.

Railroad History on American Postage Stamps, by Anthony J. Bianculli
This is a must read for the history buff stamp collector. Covering a span of almost two centuries, Railroad History on American Postage Stamps tells the stories behind the many United States postage stamps that portray railroad history.

White Plains Souvenir Sheet
The beginning of a tradition of Souvenir Sheets and Special Printings by the USPS and post offices around the world, with special issues released at Stamp Shows. The 1st is the pictured pane of 25 issued for the International Philatelic Exhibition held in New York City, October 1926

A budget wise solution to adding those USPS Small Panes and large specialty panes that add so much to a modern U.S. collection. Although not easy to find, when you do find the panes with First Day of Issue cancels, the cancels add to the stamp without compromising the beauty of the stamp, and as cancelled, or used stamps, the catalog value is as much as half the price of Mint Never Hinged

Appreciation of Japan's friendship with the United States, and our respect for Japan is well represented by one of the more beautiful stamps even produced by the USPS. Featured are the cherry blossoms in Washington D.C. planted in 1912 as a gift of friendship to the People of the United States from the People of Japan.

This was expedited Mail Delivery
Innovation and aircraft and delivering the mail have gone hand-in-hand since the first use of air travel to advance the mail. No more interesting example of this can be found than with the development of catapult mail. Prior to the advance of aviation to a point of reliable transatlantic travel, the North German Lloyd Line founded a mixed mode mail service. North German Lloyd Line outfitted two ships, the Bremen and the Europa, with airplanes and catapult equipment for transatlantic voyages. When the ship approached the aircraft's range off the destination shore, the airplane was catapulted off the ship and the plane would fly the remaining distance with the mail. For the extra postage fee, 1 or 2 days would be cut from the delivery time for the transatlantic mail service. The service operated between May and October, due to the harsh winter weather which made the program impractical during the winter months. The service ran from the test period in 1929 and regularly operation in the summers of 1930 through 1936. With the advance of aviation, transatlantic flights made the catapult mail system unnecessary, but for a period of time it was a successful application of innovation in delivering the mail.