Ninety nine percent of stamp collectors and dealers are really good people. Yet there are a few scoundrels in our hobby’s history, and if you want to hear about the incredible life of one of the philatelic bad guys, tune in to the American Philatelic Society‘s Stamp Chat for an…
View More Stamp Chats: The Wild Life of a Philatelic Swindler
The Alegorias Cubanas, Cuban Allegories issues, were the result of the Spanish – Cuban – American war of 1898. They were designed, engraved, and printed in the US in 1899. Printing was done by the US Bureau of Engraving and Printing and are the only stamp issued printed by the…
View More Stamp Chats: Special Design U.S. Administration Issues for Cuba Alegorias
22 of Ted Talks Stamps‘ favorite beautiful postage stamps produced by Canada Post. Canada has produced many beautiful postage stamps that will enhance any stamp collection. This is by no means a definitive list, but is a nice representation of the artistic quality going into their postage stamps.
View More Ted Talks Stamps: Episode 22 – Most Beautiful Postage Stamps of Canada
HRT3 takes a brief overview of Popeye The Sailor Man on US stamp covers, and a brief history of the characters in the comic strip.
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Two or more stamps from different stamp issues used together on a cover to pay postage can be defined as a ‘Mixed Franking‘.
View More PTS and STAMPEX: Mixed Franking Covers – How common stamps can make a rarity!
A visit with retired American Topical Association Executive Director, Vera Felts
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Using Covers (envelopes with stamps and postmarks on them), Bob Collects Stamps tells the story of the aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CVS-12) and it’s place in the Apollo Space Program.
View More Bob Collects Stamps: Episode 5 – The USS Hornet & the Apollo Program
Bill Bergstrom has been working as an auction lot describer for the better part of four decades, describing over 500,000 lots. Join us as we talk to him about his start with Jacques Schiff, the discovery of the CIA Invert Sheet, and insights behind how different auction houses prepare their…
View More Conversations with Philatelists: Episode 23 – Bill Bergstrom and Behind Auction House Lotting
Ken Lawrence has been a philatelic writer and researcher for more than 35 years, an antebellum and Civil War era historian for 50, and a stamp and cover collector for more than 65 years. Among the challenges faced by the United States Post Office Department during the Classic Era was…
View More Postal History Symposium 2020: Mails of Navassa Island – The Original Overseas United States Possession
North Toronto Stamp Club member John Sharp and his wife took a cruise to Antarctica and visited some of the world’s southernmost post offices. In this presentation, John shares his impressions of this unique part of our globe.
View More NTSC Presents: A Stamp Collector Visits Antarctica