Late in 1783, New England Loyalists after the American War of Independence, sailed from New York to ‘Nova Scotia’. Fredericton was chosen as the location for the capital in 1785. There is reference to a ‘post office’ in Fredericton as early as 1788. Ron Smith looks at Fredericton’s history through…
View More Philatelic Specialists Society of Canada: Fredericton Post Office Pre-1900
Postal Pleasures Presents: Hungarian Stamps Ep1 Part 2 – Wonderful Stamp Sets From Viewer Szilárd Nemes!
View More Postal Pleasures: Hungarian Stamps Ep1 – Part 2
Join StampCat as she explores her stamp collection: focusing this Finland postage stamp of the Hämeensilta Bridge, in Tampere!
View More StampCat Stamps: Man on the Bridge Railing
Join StampCat as she tells the story of The Battle of Electricity- a fight to save the Keratsini Power Station from attack by departing German occupiers. The brave Greek citizens, power plant employees, and militia guerrilla group ELAS (peoples liberation army) fought valiantly for hours against the invaders and won!…
View More StampCat Stamps: Battle of Electricity (Keratsini Power Station)
StampCat shows you Pokemon postage stamps from her collection, plus 2 exciting Pokémon philatelic updates!
View More StampCat Stamps: Pokemon Stamps!
StampCat researches another postage stamp from her stamp collection: the Johnny Canuck stamp from the Canadian Superheroes stamp series issued in 1995. Join StampCat as she learns a bit about Canadian Comics including Superman’s Toronto origins, the era of Canadian Whites, and Johnny Canuck, the political cartoon and comic-book war…
View More StampCat Stamps: Canadian Comic Superheroes Stamps
Part 1 of MyStampStories series on stamps of the Summer Olympic Games. In this video, he discusses stamps issued by host nations in the years 1896, 1906 (intercalated), 1920, 1924, 1928, 1948 and 1956. Link: Stamps of the Summer Olympic Games 1896-1956
View More My Stamp Stories: Stamps of the Summer Olympic Games 1896-1956
Coins, Stamps and Collectibles looks at the four 1948 Olympic Games Commemorative Stamps celebrating the London Games 72 years ago. King George VI appears on all four stamps and we discuss their designers.
View More Coins, Stamps and Collectibles: 1948 Olympic Games Stamps
Did you know….Stamp Collecting paid for the first Modern Olympic Games? Learn about this fascinating connection between the most celebrated athletic festival and the most wonderful of hobbies, philately in this episode of Exploring Stamps. * Clarification: The 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympics happened before the Moscow Summer Olympics.
View More Exploring Stamps: Season 3/Ep.19 Olympic Stamps
Do some countries use the incorrect symbol for healthcare? Are ‘The Flash’ and ‘Asterix’ related in some way? A stamp from Australia featuring the Roman God Mercury brings up these interesting questions and more.
View More Exploring Stamps: Season 3/Ep.15 – Mercury/Hermes Stamps