Hello fellow philatelists We will be at the SCOPEX Stamp Show Saturday the 21st & Sunday the 22nd. SCOPEX is held at the APS facility in...

The Biggest Week in American Birding is a 10-day festival in northwest Ohio, The Warbler Capital of the World, May 9th-18th, 2025. This...

Happy Holidays to all the Rattlesnake Island Local Post (RILP) collectors. RILP has officially started the RILP Catalog design process....

Please feel free to click on the link to directly go to my items listed weekly on eBay. Since covers are a bit more unique, I will be...

How lucky we were to have another beautiful day to sit by the pool on Rattlesnake Island. Then we flew back to have an outdoor First Day...

I'm excited to invite everyone to our First Day of Issue of the "Island Aviation Through the Decades". Beth Gregerson, Mary Gill, and...

On Aug. 16th, 2024, Scott English from the APS, MC'd the unveiling ceremony G.A.S.S. with special guest Bill Schultz, the creator of the...

August marks the beginning of another busy season for the local post. Rattlesnake Island Local Post will be unveiling the new 2024...

Rattlesnake Island has issued their own first ever Pictorial Postmark. There was a special 40th anniversary USPS Pictorial Postmark in...

Rattlesnake Island Local Post has begun work on the new 2024 issue. And the theme this year is . . . . Drum roll please . . . . “Island...

I'm the guy in the burgundy shirt in the booth facing the stage. Anyways, the article covering the various stage events including the...

In a very attended ceremony, Scott English from the APS, MC'd the unveiling ceremony at the Great American Stamp Show yesterday. Here are...

The Showgard #41 black mounts work well but only come in strips of 215 mm. Below are a couple of options using the Showgard mounts. The...

Just hot off of the RILP printing press are new Rattlesnake Island Local Post stamp albums. Below are a few pages from the album. They...

July 10th was yet another beautiful day on Rattlesnake Island. Above is a photo of the one and only mailbox on the island. The view is...

Here is what she looks like today. Not bad for a gal from about 1930. Here is a look at where she stated from earlier this year. And this...

Well it has been 6 months to finally bring standard perforations to the Rattlesnake Island Local Post.(RILP) Going forward, RILP will...

The improbably has been accomplished, we have normally perforated 2022 stamps. Portland Stamp Company used their Rosback In-line...

The 10 cent & 25 cent 1st verses 2nd printing are a very noticeable difference in color shade. However the 5c cent black & gray with red...

I would like to submit this "Key" for describing perforation errors. A few of examples might be; Missing D3 perf. = The center horizontal...