Stamp Chats: Canal Zone Overprints on Stamps of Panama and the United States

The stamp chat will look at collecting postage stamps, postal history, and picture postcards from the United States Panama Canal Zone. The Taft Agreement will be used as a historical marker to develop a timeline of overprints from Panama and United States used within the Canal Zone. Examples of specialty…

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Philatelic Society of Lancaster County: Boston’s Use Of The 1847 Issue

Mark Schwartz, acclaimed author, award-winning exhibitor and ambassador of philately, presented his Champion of Champions, Single-Frame Exhibit entitled “Boston’s Use Of The 1847 Issue: America’s First Stamps from America’s First Post Office.” The Act of Congress, March 3, 1845 (effective July 1), established new and simplified rates. Letters sent up…

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