Charles Epting of HR Harmer and Michael Cortese of NobleSpirit interview Larry Rosenblum about his four decades as a philatelic columnist, the value of organized philatelic clubs & organizations, and why you should collect Machins. PODCAST Conversations with Philatelists YouTube
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Accredited judge and award-winning exhibitor Tim Wait discusses U.S. revenue stamps issued during the Civil War period starting in 1862. He describes the Documentary Stamp Tax, which resulted in 88 stamp issues. Tim provides details on color changes, perforations, various face values and purposes as well as stamped paper and…
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“The Role of Stamps in U.S. Foreign Relations” explores the use of postage stamps in U.S. intelligence and foreign policy, particularly during the Cold War. It will discuss how the CIA, State Department, and White House assisted in the design and promotion of U.S. stamps, as well as how U.S.…
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Albums – do you need a stamp album? Do you want a stamp album? What are your choices of stamp album? Join Bob Collects Stamps to discuss everything about stamp albums!
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Neste episódio, recebemos nosso amigo, grande incentivador deste projeto e Vice-Presidente da Federação Internacional de Filatelia (FIP), Reinaldo Macedo, uma conversa a respeito de sua pesquisa histórica relativa a sua coleção de história postal sobre a Revolução Constitucionalista de 1932. In this episode, Sociedade Philatelica Paulista present the Vice President…
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How can the USPS be saved? There are many ideas, ranging from changes in policies and legislation, to possible innovations, to full privatization or socialization. I break it all down for you in this episode. Join Punk Postage as she looks at Saving the USPS. Watch Part 1 HERE.
View More Punk Postage: Episode 04 – Saving the Post Office (Pt. 2)Cruise ships are large passenger ships used mainly for vacationing. Unlike ocean liners, which are used for transport, they typically embark on round-trip voyages to various ports-of-call, where passengers may go on tours known as “shore excursions”. On “cruises to nowhere” or “nowhere voyages”, cruise ships make two- to three-night…
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Kiribati (officially the Republic of Kiribati is an independent island nation in the central Pacific Ocean. It was formerly part of Gilbert and Ellice Islands before it gained its independence from the United Kingdom, becoming a sovereign state in 1979. The name Kiribati was adopted in 1979 at independence. It is…
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Tuvalu (formerly known as the Ellice Islands) is an island country in the Polynesian subregion of Oceania, surrounded by the Pacific Ocean. The first inhabitants of Tuvalu were Polynesians. The origins of the people of Tuvalu are addressed in the theories regarding migration into the Pacific that began about three…
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