PTS and STAMPEX hosts a virtual postcrosser meet up including a talk on the history of the Postcard from postcard collector Graham Winters. Meet Ana and Paulo, founders of Postcrossing, as well as celebrate World Postcard Day..
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The American Philatelic Society presents Dr. Dan Rabinovich of University of North Carolina, Charlotte as he discusses postage stamps and other philatelic materials pertaining to the history of chemistry, the discovery and sources of several chemical elements, the development of the periodic table, chemical structures and formulas, laboratory equipment, biochemistry,…
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Join PTS and STAMPEX and the Collectors Club as they present three talks on aspects of the British Empire. Guadeloupe Postal History: The British Carry the Mails by Edward Grabowski Guadeloupe is an archipelago in the French Caribbean with an interesting relationship with the British Postal System. The Lithographed Arms…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Join Tom Broadhead for a discussion of indigenous peoples on stamps with the American Topical Association.
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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.
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