Pennsylvania Postal History Society: Trans-Atlantic Mail in the 1860s

The 1860s provide a diverse and interesting backdrop that includes changes in transportation technologies, political conflict, and a consistent trend towards increasing use of the mails by the general populace. Mix in a few isolated incidents – a shipwreck, a tropical storm, and some human error – and you have…

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StampCat Stamps: Czechoslovakia Folk Architecture Stamps

StampCat explores her stamp collection starting with these three postage stamps from Czechoslovakia! By researching these stamps she learned about Czech/Slovak homesteads, the places of Liptov, Koci/Chrudim, and Cicmany, The Kingdom of Bohemia, Bohemians, Queen Sofia, and Slovak Olympic wear. Not a bad ‘knowledge haul’ from these three unsuspecting stamps!

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France & Colonies Philatelic Society: Tunisia Coats of Arms Issues 1888-1908

Tunisia Coat of Arms Issue 1888-1908 Presented by Norval Rasmussen, Vice President of the France and Colonies Philatelic Society (US) and editor of The France and Colonies Philatelist. This presentation on the first Tunisian stamp issue, the Bey of Tunis’s coat of arms, includes the essay by E. Cassi and…

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