On Thursday 6th May 2021, Dr Neil Donen FRPSL gave a talk about the ill-fated 1935 Trans-Tasman Jubilee flight, in a meeting of the Royal Philatelic Society London. Hoping to secure the Australia–New Zealand leg of the All-Empire Airmail Scheme, Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith attempted to fly some 29,000 mail items…
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Explore the life of celebrated environmentalist Rachel Carson with the National Postal Museum and Smithsonian Gardens. Educators read a children’s book on Carson’s life, highlight elements of the Smithsonian Gardens Habitat exhibit, and share postage stamps.
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Author and West Point graduate Jay Joyce presents a history of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and its graduates through stamps and postal history. The presentation is based on Joyce’s book, Postmarked West Point, a continuation of the work started by noted philatelist, Richard Helbock.
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Not all error stamps are rare and valuable. Many are quite affordable, and are nice additions that add variety and interest to any stamp collection. In this episode Ted Talks Stamps looks at affordable error stamps – all but one being under $25 – to show you how you can…
View More Ted Talks Stamps: Episode 39 – Affordable Error Stamps for Your Stamp Collection
Charles Epting of HR Harmer and Michael Cortese of NobleSpirit discuss why periodicals are so important to the hobby, and a couple recently published philatelic articles, including; 1868 Production Grills: Why Size Matters by Rex Dean Bishop and The US 5C of 1847: A New Approach to Impressions and Colors…
View More Conversations with Philatelists: Episode 54 – The Importance of Periodicals
Join PTS & STAMPEX as the present the Story of the Maltese Cross with Howard Hughes.
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Join the Winnipeg Philatelic Society for a look at Australian Antarctic Territory stamps.
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Join Paul Fraser Collectibles as they list their top 10 stamp collectors.
View More Paul Fraser Collectibles: Our top 10 famous stamp collectors
Stampless letters, paid for by the receiver, and private postal systems, were gradually phased out in the United States after the introduction of adhesive postage stamps, first issued by the U.S. government post office on 1st July 1847, in the denominations of 5¢ and 10¢, with the use of stamps…
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Let’s talk about the stamps of the Island Games with Richard Philatelist.
View More Richard Philatelist: Island Games Stamps