USA Philatelic 2014 (1-St Quarter) Is Now (Finally) Online

It took long enough, but USA Philatelic for the First Quarter of 2014 is now online and available for download at this link:

https://store.usps.com/store/browse...&categoryId=

Thank you. I am glad it will now also be posted online, hopefully;
however it sure seems behind or stale, most of issues have been issued and most of the ones coming are not there.

A few highlights that have been noted in the new USA Philatelic:

1. 86c Tufted Puffins is now only available in the "reprint" as a full pane of 20. Blocks of 4 or 10 are available in both varieties, however.

2. Purple Heart Forever Stamp has a new reprint and will bear the "C" prefix (for CCL) rather than the "V" prefix.

3. All of the Flags of Our Nation (FOON) coil stamps go off sale at the end of March 2014. For anyone trying to acquire sets at face value, this is the last opportunity.

In connection with the Purple Heart Forever Stamp reprint, here's a Linn's Stamp News article documenting it:

http://www.linns.com/news/us-stamps...e-Heart-pane

I just received my USA Philatelic in the mail yesterday. placed an order for all issued (& future noted issues).. took a little 'hit' in the wallet.. Now I see that there is an upcoming March issue for Jimmi Hendrix.. I also noted that there were some items (strips of 100 for low value coils) that I need to go back & see if I need to fill some holes.. Just as an aside USA Philatelic (actually the Store) needs to market the coils in strips of 10-25 for high value $ .15+) and strips of 100 (low value < $.15) I think they would get a lot of purchases from collectors. They would not need to break up coils into scrap units as the multiples would be easily divisible by 10, 25, 100. (yes some exclusions need apply).

The Catalog does not mention the SKU of the "A Flag for All Seasons APU Coil". I called SFS and they still have it. The SKU number is 789644.

How many who have received the USA Philatelic (First Quarter, 2014) has noticed the glowing error on the "Order Form" Page? In the section entitled "Custom Orders" they give an example of how to order multiple stamps and use the Cut Paper Heart Forever Stamp as an example, but refer to it as a 50 cent stamp (obviously, it's 49 cents).

Also, in that same paragraph it refers a "$2.00 custom order fee" but under the "Low Handling Fees" section at the very bottom of the page, it correctly suggests that "custom orders are an additional $2.10".

(I think the USPS needs to hire a proofreader.)

A new cover for USA Philatelic (1st Quarter 2014) arrived in my mail today, 04/01/2014...same interior content, just a different cover:



I guess it was too much to expect that the 2nd Quarter edition would be out at the beginning of the 2nd Quarter of 2014.

I wonder why Harry Potter is (again) on the front page? They must not have sold much of it; I have not seen a single one on my philatelic mail yet!

Peter

I've not seen one on mail either curiously??