Ted Talks Stamps takes a brief look at postage stamps depicting fiction writers – novelists and short story writers, from the beginnings of the modern novel to popular crime fiction of today.
View More Ted Talks Stamps: Literature On Stamps Part 1 (World Literature)Join us as North Toronto Stamp Club‘s Mattia Guida takes you on a virtual philatelic trip to Italy. You will be touring the region around Sorrento and the Gulf of Naples, through a selection of postage stamps issued about different places in his hometown area.
View More NTSC Presents: Philatelic Tour of Italy’s Sorrento RegionWe are living in unprecedented times. The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted most aspects of normal life worldwide, including the delivery of mail. Today’s mail will be tomorrow’s postal history. This presentation by the North Toronto Stamp Club provides an overview of COVID-19-related philately, including mail and mail delivery, stamp issues,…
View More NTSC Presents: COVID-19-Related PhilatelyThe Postal History Symposium is biennial event, jointly hosted by the American Philatelic Research Library and the National Postal Museum. The 11th Symposium was held virtually. Along with the events, the U.S. Philatelic Classics Society co-sponsored the symposium and the American Philatelic Society provided a full list of speakers under…
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It’s the story of a very personal and emotional letter written shortly after the death of King George VI. The sender is Princess Margaret (1930-2002), his younger daughter.
View More Peter’s Real Royal Mail: The Death of a King and FatherHave you ever found stamps in your collection with tiny little pin-holes through them? These are Perfins, an anti theft mechanism for companies and organizations to prevent employees from stealing stamps. Watch the video from Exploring Stamps below to learn more.
View More Exploring Stamps: Collecting PerfinsGeorge James, head of Stanley Gibbons‘ Commonwealth department, provides a visual guide through using stamp hinges and mounts.
View More Stanley Gibbons: Stamp collecting for beginners – Mounting stampsBritish Raj in Tibet on the British Indian Military and Civilian Postal History in Tibet Between 1888-1955 will be presented by Mr. Danny Wong, internationally acclaimed philatelist and author and will be hosted by the American Philatelic Society.
View More Stamp Chats: British Raj in Tibet on the British Indian Military and Civilian Postal History in Tibet Between 1888-1955APS member and professor at Virginia Commonwealth, Frank Corwin shares his penchant for “Medical Imaging on Stamps”. This topical presentation delves into the technique and process of creating visual representations of the interior of a body for clinical analysis. A fascinating look at Xrays, ultrasound and MRI’s on stamps. Doctors,…
View More Stamp Chats: Medical Imaging on StampsExploring Stamps‘ Graham Beck looks at a historic space mission featuring unprecedented cooperation between Russia and the USA through postal history.
View More Exploring Stamps: Season 2/Ep.18 – Apollo Soyuz Mission Stamps