In this special episode of Conversations with Philatelists, Tobias Huylmans discusses the rigorous testing measures that philatelists must go through to become a certified expertiser of the Bund Philatelistischer Prufer (BPP), and walks us through several in-depth visual examples of how to identify the finite discrepancies that give away forgeries.…
View More Conversations with Philatelists: Episode 46 – The Science Behind Identifying Stamp ForgeriesThe British Empire Study Group invites you to attend a presentation and discussion with Paul Barker on The 10 Cent Small Queens and the 17 Cent First Cents Issue of British North America /Canada. Paul Barker, primarily a collector of Canada and British North America material will be discussing and…
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Join the people, the places and the events of the Holocaust as portrayed on commemorative postage stamps with the Holocaust Museum & Education Center.
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Dr. Charles J. DiComo, President of the Philatelic Society of Lancaster County and the Empire State Postal History Society, shares a story on “The Providence, R.I. Pre-Mailing Control Marking on the U.S. 3 Cent 1851-1857 Stamp. The re-discovery nearly 20+ years ago of a number of covers and postage stamps…
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Postal Pleasures presents: Worldwide Stamps Ep5 – Unboxing & Sorting. Postal Pleasures is excited to explore this 4 pound box of stamps with you. Most stamps in a lot like this will be lower value but some times we get lucky and find a high value stamp. This was one…
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Thanks to everyone who came to The Portal – from beginners or new entrants to experts across the globe! Over the next week, we will release the details of the survey (just need to remove the personal details, ‘stout’ comments and make it pretty. Again, we had a wonderful time…
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2021 marks the Bicentennial of Greece’s War of Independence against the Ottomans, in 1821. In the video, Ted Talks Stamps presents a set of stamps issued by Greece in 1971, to mark the sesquicentennial of that event.
View More Ted Talks Stamps: Episode 35 – Greece’s War of Independence
Join the American Philatelic Society as the discuss the Future of Philately in Part 2. You can view Part 1 HERE.
View More Stamp Chats: The Future of Philately – Online Exhibiting Panel Part II
Rudi Anders, President of the Germany Philatelic Society, shared a presentation with the Philatelic Society of Lancaster County entitled “Censorship of Civilian Mail in Germany During World War II (WWII) – An Introduction.” with an emphasis on Berlin with an overview of the entire system. Rudi is a specialist in…
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Robert Gray takes the British Empire Study Group through World War One Civil Internment mail in India .
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