France & Colonies Philatelic Society: Balloons and Pigeons – Airmail During the Siege of Paris 1870-71

Balloons and Pigeons – Airmail During the Siege of Paris 1870-71 presented by Larry Rosenblum, Director of the France and Colonies Philatelic Society (US) on February 23, 2021. When the Prussians laid a siege on Paris in September 1870 during the Franco-Prussian War, the Parisians resorted to airmail for communication.…

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Philatelic Society of Lancaster County: British North American Union & Confederate Postal Correspondence in US Civil War Era 1859-67

Ron Majors presents his award-winning exhibit entitled “Canada/British North America (BNA) – Union and Confederate Postal Cross Border Correspondence during the U.S. Civil War 1859-1867.” The U.S. Civil War was an uneasy time of relationships between pre-Confederation Canada and both the Union and the Confederacy. The border was virtually open…

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Philatelic Society of Lancaster County: Development of Perforations on U.S. Postage Stamps

Dr. Charles J. DiComo, President of the Philatelic Society of Lancaster County and the Empire State Postal History Society, recently discovered a U.S. #11P3 pair – the 3¢ 1851 imperforate “brush stroke” proof postage stamp. This discovery led him to revisit the events preceding the purchase of the postage stamp…

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France & Colonies Philatelic Society: Postal Stationery of Dahomey and Togo

Postal Stationery of Dahomey and Togo Presented by Jere Dutt, Corresponding Secretary of the France and Colonies Philatelic Society (US). A brief overview of the postal stationery of Dahomey and French Togo. The stationery appears to have been available in the colony and was contemporarily used. Presentation includes both mint…

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