The history of the British Post Office in America has been interpreted from many different angles. Some historians approach the topic from an economic viewpoint. Others examine the colonial post through extant postmarks, covers and ephemera. These approaches, and others, have made significant contributions to our knowledge of the…
View More Postal History Symposium 2020: British Colonial Post Office Controversy
James W. Milgram, a retired orthopaedic surgeon, has collected both covers and letter paper of 18th and 19th centuries United States. He is a prolific philatelic author and co-author of over 500 articles in such journals as American Philatelist, Stamps Magazine, SPA Journal, Postal History Journal, Confederate Philatelist, Chronicle of…
View More Postal History Symposium 2020: Early Railroads Carry the Mail
Steve Walske’s research and collecting interests include; North American blockade-run mail from 1775 to 1865; French Franco-Prussian War mail (1870-71); and American transcontinental overland mail from 1832 to 1869. This presentation begins with the earliest known pre-contract letter from the Rocky Mountains in 1832 and examines how letter communications played…
View More Postal History Symposium 2020: Blazing Trails for the Westward Expansion
Join Trish Kaufmann, past president of the Confederate Stamp Alliance, as she looks at postal innovation during the American Civil War. It was her definitive research on the 3-cent 1861 Postmaster Provisionals, published jointly in both the 1984 and 2000 American Philatelist and The Confederate Philatelist, that resulted in an…
View More Postal History Symposium 2020: Confederate States of America – Postal Innovation during the Civil War
Join Tom Broadhead for a discussion of indigenous peoples on stamps with the American Topical Association.
View More American Topical Association: Indigenous Peoples
Charles Epting of HR Harmer and Michael Cortese of NobleSpirit chats with Cheryl Ganz as she discusses her extensive collection of Zeppelin covers, her role in curating Smithsonian exhibits, including those on the Titanic and FDR, and how the Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee chooses designs for new postage stamps. PODCAST…
View More Conversations with Philatelists: Episode 22 – Exploring Zeppelins and Smithsonian Exhibits with Dr Cheryl Ganz
Join Exploring Stamps‘ Graham Beck as he looks at St George and the Dragon. He also visits the United Nations dragon statue and postage stamps.
View More Exploring Stamps: Season 2/Ep.19 – St George & the Dragon
Join Ted Talks Stamps for a brief look at the postal history of Ukraine and why you might want to add this country to your stamp collection.
View More Ted Talks Stamps: Episode 4 – Collecting the Postage Stamps of Ukraine
Join Mi Oficina Philatelic Society as they Show and Tell Colombia! Note: This video is in Spanish.
View More Mi Oficina Philatelic Society: Show & Tell – Colombia
Paul Fraser Collectibles’ Mike Hall reveals his Top 10 rare Chinese stamps.
View More Paul Fraser Collectibles: Top 10 Rare Chinese Stamps