The Postal History Symposium is biennial event, jointly hosted by the American Philatelic Research Library and the National Postal Museum. The 11th Symposium was held virtually. Along with the events, the U.S. Philatelic Classics Society co-sponsored the symposium and the American Philatelic Society provided a full list of speakers under…
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Inini
Inini (Territoire de l’Inini) was an inland territory of French Guiana, administered separately between 6 June 1930 and 19 March 1946, after which all of French Guiana became a department of France. The territory remained governed as a special entity, until 17 March 1969 when it was dissolved into communes,…
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French Guiana (Guyane Francaise) is an overseas department and region of France on the northern Atlantic coast of South America in the Guianas. Before European contact, the territory was originally inhabited by Native Americans, most speaking the Arawak language, of the Arawakan language family. The people identified as Lokono. The…
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Peter’s Real Royal Mail: The Death of a King and Father
It’s the story of a very personal and emotional letter written shortly after the death of King George VI. The sender is Princess Margaret (1930-2002), his younger daughter.
View More Peter’s Real Royal Mail: The Death of a King and FatherThematic: Orient
The Orient is a term for the East, traditionally comprising anything that belongs to the Eastern world, in relation to Europe. It is the antonym of Occident, the Western World. In English, it is largely a metonym for, and coterminous with, the continent of Asia, loosely classified into the Near…
View More Thematic: OrientThematic: Comics
Comics is a medium used to express narratives or other ideas through images, usually combined with text. It typically takes the form of a sequence of panels of images. Textual devices such as speech balloons, captions, and onomatopoeia can indicate dialogue, narration, sound effects, or other information. The size and…
View More Thematic: ComicsCollecting: Museums
A postal museum is a museum dedicated to the display of objects relating to the postal service. A subcategory of postal museums are philatelic museums, which focus on philately and postage stamps. Facebook Delphos Museum of Postal History National Museum of African Americans on Stamps Websites Athens Philatelic and Postal…
View More Collecting: MuseumsStanley Gibbons: Stamp collecting for beginners – Mounting stamps
George James, head of Stanley Gibbons‘ Commonwealth department, provides a visual guide through using stamp hinges and mounts.
View More Stanley Gibbons: Stamp collecting for beginners – Mounting stampsThematic: Sport – Hockey
Hockey is a sport in which two teams play against each other by trying to manoeuvre a ball or a puck into the opponent’s goal using a hockey stick. There are many types of hockey such as bandy, field hockey, ice hockey and rink hockey. In most of the world,…
View More Thematic: Sport – HockeyThematic: Petroleum
Petroleum is a naturally occurring, yellowish-black liquid found in geological formations beneath the Earth’s surface. It is commonly refined into various types of fuels. Components of petroleum are separated using a technique called fractional distillation, i.e. separation of a liquid mixture into fractions differing in boiling point by means of…
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