Philatelythings enjoy browsing old newspaper archives for stories about the Dead Letter Office. Stolen money, old weapons, strange animals… it’s amazing what passes through the morgue of mails. For Halloween she found four frightful stories from the Dead Letter Office to share with you!
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Join the Winnipeg Philatelic Society as they look at the many (too many) varieties of the GB Machin stamps. It gives the collector some idea of the many ways Machin stamps can be collected.
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Mr. Clarence McKnight, of ESPER shares his dynamic presentation, “Hispanic Heritage on Stamps” with the American Philatelic Society. Mr. McKnight is a passionate philatelist dedicated to outreach. He has spent most of his adult life espousing the hobby in schools and other public spaces where he uses stamps to illustrate…
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Join American Philatelic Society‘s member, historian and author, Leon Reed for a fascinating presentation on American Civil War covers. In this talk, Reed examines the broader cultural messages found on these covers; what were the attitudes of the populations, what sort of ideas did they hold for North or South?…
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It’s National Stamp Collecting Month, the perfect time to launch for the American Philatelic Society to launch a new Stamp Chat series, “Stamp Chat: Stamp Stories”. This series invites collectors from around the hobby to share their philatelic origin stories. Every collector started somewhere and this series is geared to…
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Joim Charles Epting of HR Harmer and Michael Cortese of NobleSpirit as we talk to James Gavin, creator of The Digital Philatelist, about building the website, the Rhodesian Study Circle, and the future of online philately. PODCAST Episode 20 – James Gavin (The Digital Philatelist) YouTube
View More Conversations with Philatelists: Episode 20 – James Gavin (The Digital Philatelist)A special unboxing by Ted Talks Stamps! Plus . . . Is a philately-themed mug the key to the best tasting coffee? The most rigorous scientific study ever conducted determines the answer. Which country has the best postal service. Who has the worst? Where does your country stand? Find out…
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Join Mi Oficina Philatelic Society as they Show and Tell Peru! Note: This video is in Spanish.
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View More Stanley Gibbons: Stanley Gibbons Detectamark SpectrumJoin Mi Oficina and Ross Towle as they look at American Bank Note Co. archival material. Support Document Understanding American Bank Note Co. Archival Material (PDF) The Collector’s Club Philatelist (PDF) YouTube
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