Head of Stanley Gibbons‘ Commonwealth Department George James introduces viewers to one of the most important volumes in our building.
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Stanley Gibbons: Stanley Gibbons’ Lifetime Guarantee
With a distinguished heritage dating back to 1856, Stanley Gibbons is the world’s longest established rare stamp merchant. That legacy and the reputation that we have earned affords us the luxury of being able to offer a lifetime guarantee on all our rare items and remain the only philatelist in…
View More Stanley Gibbons: Stanley Gibbons’ Lifetime GuaranteeStamp Chats: Golden Eagles: Charles Lindberg and Amelia Earhart
American Philatelic Society member Hal Turner presents this visually striking presentation of Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart. In this program, Turner is able to take the listener on a journey of what it was like to be a pilot in the early days of flight. These American explorers helped to…
View More Stamp Chats: Golden Eagles: Charles Lindberg and Amelia EarhartStamp Chats: Dinosaurs on Stamps Part II
Dr. Jon Noad joins the American Philatelic Society on the other half of International Dinosaur Day with his part 2 presentation of dinosaurs on stamps. Noad shows his collection from across the globe as well as neat Dino ephemera! Noad’s appreciation for the stamp designers themselves adds an artistic bent…
View More Stamp Chats: Dinosaurs on Stamps Part IIStamp Chats: Patriotic Covers & History: Part I: Ft. Sumter & Its Long Shadow Secession
Join the American Philatelic Society‘s Stamp Chat with their presenter, historian, author and APS member, Leon Reed of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Reed’s Stamp Chat focuses on the significance of postal covers during the American Civil War, particularly Fort Sumter and secession in the border states. Whether you are an American History…
View More Stamp Chats: Patriotic Covers & History: Part I: Ft. Sumter & Its Long Shadow SecessionStamp Chats: Graham Beck – “The Making of Exploring Stamps”
The American Philatelic Society‘s guest is Graham Beck, creator and producer of the YouTube series, Exploring Stamps. In this talk, Beck shares the ins and outs of production and lessons learned. Both encouraging and pragmatic, Graham offers a candid look into three seasons of creating the series; the good, the…
View More Stamp Chats: Graham Beck – “The Making of Exploring Stamps”Stamps with Sara: Shoe flower
Shoe flowers – Hibiscus rosa sinensis has a lot of common names. In Sri Lanka, it is called a Shoe Flower. It is a sub tropical – tropical ornamental plant.
View More Stamps with Sara: Shoe flowerStamp Chats: Airmail Covers Flown on Imperial Airways in the 1930’s
Anthony Ward, stamp dealer and American Philatelic Society member from the UK, joins us to share his love of airmail covers flown by Imperial Airways during the 1930’s. Explore the vast British influence through this postal historical journey. Art Deco abounds as does glimpses into life in Iraq, Australia, China,…
View More Stamp Chats: Airmail Covers Flown on Imperial Airways in the 1930’sStamp Chats: Dinosaurs on Stamps Part 1
Dr. Jon Noad joins the American Philatelic Society on Stamp Chat to present “dinosaurs on stamps”. Dr. Noad offers us a brilliant presentation on this thematic; the evolution of its steady popularity, its universality and of course all of the ephemera to include Cinderellas that revolved around this unique topical.
View More Stamp Chats: Dinosaurs on Stamps Part 1British Library’s Philatelic Collections: From Music to Meme
This short by the British Library’s Philatelic Collections online lecture discusses the way national anthems are incorporated and depicted in stamp designs to help construct an underlying, non-extremist & endemic type of identity which the Sociologist Michael Billig terms ‘Banal Nationalism.’ In doing so stamps are highlighted to be an…
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