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In this video, Let’s Talk Stamps shares a big work in progress of identifying and cataloging stamps he received from his father from North Africa and the Middle East.

View More Let’s Talk Stamps: Valuable Middle East & North Africa Stamps (Part 1)

Ken’s Stamp Collection takes a deep dive into all those unbelievably high denomination stamps from Germany in the years following World War I, trying to understand why these stamps exist and enough history to get a sense of why there are so many of them.

View More Ken’s Stamp Collection: A Look at German Hyperinflation Surcharge Stamps

Lindy’s talk covered the early years of aviation, and the introduction of air mail services both within Czechoslovakia and to foreign destinations. The development of the air mails was explained, with numerous examples of mail carried by the services operated by the airlines. This included not only mail carried in…

View More Wokingham & District Philatelic Society: Czechoslovakia Air Mails to 1939

Dive into Phil Pritchard’s comprehensive examination of the French Colonial Navigation & Commerce stamps. From distinguishing these stamps from the classic French Sage Issue, exploring design origins, to dissecting Scott Catalog discrepancies across 27 countries, Phil leaves no stone unturned. Discover the nuances of colony vs. offices abroad designations, the…

View More International Stamp Club of New York: French Colonial Navigation & Commerce Issues

COVID and international military conflicts have highlighted mental health impacts under adverse conditions. Around the world, people have experienced significant isolation, grief, and impaired communication. Through postal history, we gain unique and exciting insights into those challenges, adversities, and responses to positive interventions. Through the lens of Japanese World War…

View More American Philatelic Society: Mental Health and Prisoners of War

Live via Zoom on 5th March 2024, an international audience of members and guests of the Royal Philatelic Society London were treated to a presentation of various covers telling the postal history of the Southern Coast of Norway and major parts of Norwegian postal history, in general. A winner of…

View More Royal Philatelic Society London: Postal History of the Southern Coast of Norway (1719–1855)

Ken’s Stamp Collection got a few more British Edward VII stamps and needed to fold them into what he already had. When starting that he realized he was lacking some key information about how to distinguish the types of these stamps. He goes over the stamps he has, his attempts…

View More Ken’s Stamp Collection: Wrestling with British King Edward VII Stamps

A Social Philatelist’s Approach to Collecting Postal History with @stampden.

View More Philatelic Traders’ Society: Social Philatelist’s Approach to Collecting Postal History

he story behind the postage stamp set issued by Saargebiet, to aid the victims of the gasometer explosion in the city of Neunkirchen, in 1933.

View More Ted Talks Stamps: The Neunkirchen Disaster of 1933