Philatelic Society of Lancaster County: Introduction to Collecting Newspaper Wrappers

Cemil Betanov, Vice President, Webmaster and Editor for the Errors, Freaks & Oddities (EFO) Collectors’ Club, speaks on Mail Wrappers: An Introduction, Foreign & Domestic. Issued by the U.S. in 1861 and then in other countries, these wrappers, a form of postal stationary contained the franking and address space to…

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Conversations with Philatelists: Episode 58 – Historical Significance of Campaign Covers

Karl Rove, Former Deputy Chief of Staff to President George W. Bush, discusses his family’s history with stamp collecting, his favorite items in his collection, and the historical lessons that can be taught when diving into campaign covers. PODCAST Conversations with Philatelists YouTube

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Stamp Chats: Indian States Items with Sandeep Jaiswal

Award-winning exhibitor and an expert on Indian philately, Sandeep Jaiswal shares postage stamps, essays, postal stationery, covers, trial color proofs, progressive die proofs, telegraph stamps, and more in this presentation to the Chicago Philatelic Society. His items feature currencies such as the anna, rupee, pice, and paisa. The convention and…

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Philatelic Specialists Society of Canada: Postal History of New Brunswick Cents Issue 1860

As part of the process of moving to a decimal currency system in 1860, the New Brunswick post office had to produce new stamps denominated in “cents” to replace the existing pence values. In December 1859, Charles Connell, the Postmaster General, let a contract to the American Bank Note Company…

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