West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States. West Virginia became a state after the Wheeling Conventions of 1861, at the start of the American Civil War. Delegates from northwestern Virginia’s Unionist counties decided to break away from Virginia, which also included…
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Vermont is a state in the New England region of the United States. For some 12,000 years, indigenous peoples inhabited this area. The historically competitive tribes of the Algonquian-speaking Abenaki and Iroquoian-speaking Mohawk were active in the area at the time of European encounter. During the 17th century, French colonists…
View More United States of America: VermontUtah is a state in the Mountain West sub-region of the Western United States. The territory of modern Utah has been inhabited by various indigenous groups for thousands of years, including the ancient Puebloans, the Navajo and the Ute. The Spanish were the first Europeans to arrive in the mid-16th…
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South Dakota is a U.S. state in the upper Midwestern United States. It is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux Native American tribes, who comprise a large portion of the population and historically dominated the territory. As the southern part of the former Dakota Territory, South Dakota became a…
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South Carolina is a state in the South eastern region of the United States. South Carolina was named in honor of King Charles I of England, who first formed the English colony, with Carolus being Latin for “Charles”. South Carolina became the eighth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution on May…
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Rhode Island, officially the State of Rhode Island, is a state in the New England region of the United States. The state takes its name from Rhode Island; however, most of the state is on the mainland. On May 4, 1776, the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations was…
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This presentation provides a brief overview of the world famous Tapling Collection of postage and telegraph stamps and postal stationery now housed in the British Library’s Philatelic Collections. It briefly considered the life and philatelic pursuits of Thomas Keay Tapling (1855-1891), the management of his collection following its bequest to…
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A diamond stamp from South Africa leads the conversation for Exploring Stamps to explore the cullinan diamond and the precious crown jewels.
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Health science is the discipline of applied science which deals with human and animal health. There are two parts to health science: the study, research, and knowledge of health and the application of that knowledge to improve health, cure diseases, and understanding how humans and animals function. Blogs Health Physics,…
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Únete a Mi Oficina por la Salud y la Enfermedad en la Filatelia (Health and sickness in Philately)! Note: This video is in Spanish. Support Document La salud y la enfermedad en la Filatelia (PDF)
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