Postal Pleasures presents: Worldwide Stamps Ep5 – Unboxing & Sorting. Postal Pleasures is excited to explore this 4 pound box of stamps with you. Most stamps in a lot like this will be lower value but some times we get lucky and find a high value stamp. This was one…
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2021 marks the Bicentennial of Greece’s War of Independence against the Ottomans, in 1821. In the video, Ted Talks Stamps presents a set of stamps issued by Greece in 1971, to mark the sesquicentennial of that event.
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Join the American Philatelic Society as the discuss the Future of Philately in Part 2. You can view Part 1 HERE.
View More Stamp Chats: The Future of Philately – Online Exhibiting Panel Part II
Rudi Anders, President of the Germany Philatelic Society, shared a presentation with the Philatelic Society of Lancaster County entitled “Censorship of Civilian Mail in Germany During World War II (WWII) – An Introduction.” with an emphasis on Berlin with an overview of the entire system. Rudi is a specialist in…
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Robert Gray takes the British Empire Study Group through World War One Civil Internment mail in India .
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Dr. Charles J. DiComo, President of the Philatelic Society of Lancaster County and the Empire State Postal History Society takes us on a five month journey of a Baptist Missionary cover mailed in 1856 from Warren, Ohio to Farther India (Hindostan or British India) today’s Arakan, Myanmar. When the letter…
View More Philatelic Society of Lancaster County: From the U.S. to Farther India & Back AgainPhilately has never shied away from controversy and in this video Head of Commonwealth George James of Stanley Gibbons explores the single “good deed” that cost Perkins Bacon the philatelic printing contract for all of the British Colonies.
View More Stanley Gibbons: One of the greatest scandals in philatelic historyThe general auction catalogues at Stanley Gibbons always offer up a treasure trove of items for bidders. We asked philatelist Oscar Young to pull out a few of the more memorable items that he thinks should cause a bit of a splash in the sale room.
View More Stanley Gibbons: Stand out lots from our March 2021 Auction“Large streams from little fountains flow, Tall oaks from little acorns grow.” this quote from D. Everett in 1797 is still true today so we asked two of our senior team – Managing Director Victoria Lajer & Head of Commonwealth George James of Stanley Gibbons – to dust off their…
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What is a postage stamp? Why are they cancelled? Are cancelled stamps more valuable? Join Bob Collects Stamps for Cancels, Postmarks, and Obliterations.
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