The EFOCC was founded in 1986 in recognition of the fact that collecting printing varieties had become its own specialty, not just adding odd stamps to a normal collection. The international membership is made up of collectors who seek EFOs to make their country album more interesting, and collectors who enjoy studying production methods and the philatelic material that results when it doesn’t work properly.
EFOCC has a 28-page full-color quarterly, The EFO Collector, with feature articles, new discoveries, member information, free member ads, club activities, and an EFO auction in each issue. The EFOC and the broad and deep website, www.efocc.org, are managed by club Vice President Cemil Betanov, from New Hyde Park, NY.
Membership is $20 a year in the U.S. An application form is on the Society website.
Take a look at the 1941 sheet. Do you notice anything wrong? I’m reading a book now titled 
You can go through tens of thousands of these cheap stamps and not find one, but if you do, you will be well rewarded as the catalogue value for a used single is $600.
The proposed prices, approved by the Postal Service Governors, would raise Shipping Services product prices approximately 3.5 percent for Priority Mail service, and 1.2 percent for Priority Mail Express service. Shipping Services price increases vary by product. Although Mailing Services price increases are based on the consumer price index, Shipping Services prices are primarily adjusted according to market conditions. The Governors believe these new rates will keep the Postal Service competitive while providing the agency with needed revenue.
Lunar New Year of the Ox Generic Sheet with 20 First Class Smilers stamps featuring fireworks images. [Larger version below]
al and secular themes.
65c Wreath (secular)
Paper: gummed: Tullis Russell
The Light of Peace from Bethlehem is the inspiring theme of the Vatican issue dedicated to Christmas 2020, including, in addition to the traditional stamps and booklet, also a leaflet in joint issue with Austria. In the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem there is an oil lamp that has been burning perpetually for many centuries, fueled by oil donated in turn by all the Christian nations of the earth. Every year in December, just before Christmas, a child selected from among the Austrian scout groups for his particular commitment in the social field, draws from that flame is the light that will be spread throughout the planet as a symbol of peace and brotherhood among peoples, placing it near the nativity scenes of families and churches. This tradition began in 1986 as part of the 
Christmas charity initiative “Licht ins Dunkel” – Light in the darkness – organized by the Austrian radio and television broadcaster ORF in Linz and aimed to the collection of spontaneous offers in support of disabled children, socially marginalized, but also of needy foreigners.
Stamp format: 30 x 40 mm
TORONTO – On November 5, Canada Post issued a new commemorative stamp to mark Hanukkah – the Jewish Festival of Lights. The eight-day celebration begins at nightfall on the 25th day of Kislev in the Hebrew calendar, this year December 10. The stamp is available in advance, so Canadians can use it to send holiday greetings.
issues to help Canadians make their cards and letters more festive. Once again this year, Canadians can make their mail merrier with their choice of stamps bearing either sacred or secular holiday imagery.
scenes by Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis. Lewis’ earliest works were Christmas cards painted under the guidance of her mother and sold door to door to her neighbours in rural Nova Scotia. This issue features seasonal works from the collection of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia in Halifax: Winter Sleigh Ride (12-stamp booklet at the Permanent™ domestic rate), Team of Oxen in Winter (six-stamp booklet at the U.S. rate) and Family and Sled (six-stamp booklet at the international rate). A souvenir sheet, depicting Lewis’ whimsical cats, and a souvenir sheet Official First Day Cover, cancelled in Digby, Nova Scotia, round out the issue.
nouveaux jeux de timbres qui égayeront les cartes et les lettres des Canadiens. Cette année encore, ces derniers pourront mettre un peu de joie sur leur courrier des Fêtes avec des timbres consacrés à un thème religieux ou profane.
L’Heureux, sont ornés de trois scènes joyeuses de l’artiste folklorique canadienne Maud Lewis. Les premières œuvres de l’artiste sont des cartes de Noël qu’elle peint en suivant les conseils de sa mère et qu’elle vend à des voisins en faisant du porte-à-porte en Nouvelle-Écosse. Cette émission est composée de trois œuvres qui font partie de la collection du Musée des beaux-arts de la Nouvelle-Écosse à Halifax : Winter Sleigh Ride (carnet de 12 timbres PermanentsMC au tarif du régime intérieur), Team of Oxen in Winter (carnet de 6 timbres au tarif des envois à destination des États-Unis) et Family and Sled (carnet de 6 timbres au tarif du régime international). Le bloc-feuillet, présentant une illustration fantaisiste de chats créée par Maud Lewis, et le pli Premier Jour officiel du bloc-feuillet, oblitéré à Digby, en Nouvelle-Écosse, complètent l’émission. 
From the USPS: This Happy Birthday stamp conveys exuberant greetings by calling to mind the childhood excitement of a birthday party. Each of the five letters in the word “HAPPY” is inspired by a different party decoration in the midst of a flurry of multicolored ribbons and confetti. This stamp was designed by Lisa Catalone Castro and Rodolfo Castro, featuring a digital illustration by the latter. Ethel Kessler served as art director.
