Caledonian Philatelic Society: South Georgia Postal History – the First 100 Years

The Caledonian Philatelic Society and Hugh Osborne shows mail to and from South Georgia including items dating from before the establishment of a Post Office on the island, early mail and bisects and overprints due to shortages, whaling mail, censored mail from WW1 and WW2, expedition mail and concluding with…

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Introvert’s Lair: The Russian Cruiser ‘Aurora’

Ночью 27 мая 1905 года Вторая тихоокеанская эскадра встретилась с силами противника. Было это недалеко от острова Цусима. Так началось сражение, которое вошло в историю. В этом бою «Аврора» потеряла своего капитана Евгения Егорьева. Командование тогда принял старший штурман Прохоров. На рассвете 28 мая доктор Кравченко, который всё это время…

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Philatelic Society of Lancaster County: Postal History of Lititz, Pennsylvania

Richard Colberg, postal historian, President of the Lebanon Stamp Collectors Club, and longtime friend of the Philatelic Society of Lancaster County presented on The Postal History of Lititz. Lititz, a town in northern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, was founded in 1756 as Litiz. A post office was established there 50 years…

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Philatelic Society of Lancaster County: Wafer Seals On U.S. Folded Letters & Covers (1840-1860s)

Dr. Charles J. DiComo, President of the Philatelic Society of Lancaster County and the Empire State Postal History Society, shares a presentation entitled “Wafers Seals on U.S. Folded Letters and Covers, 1840 – 1860’s”. When writing letters was primarily reserved for Royalty, the custom was to seal letters with wax…

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