Ted Talks Stamps takes a look at bats depicted on postage stamps, with some fun facts thrown in.
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PTS and STAMPEX hosts a virtual postcrosser meet up including a talk on the history of the Postcard from postcard collector Graham Winters. Meet Ana and Paulo, founders of Postcrossing, as well as celebrate World Postcard Day..
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The American Philatelic Society presents Dr. Dan Rabinovich of University of North Carolina, Charlotte as he discusses postage stamps and other philatelic materials pertaining to the history of chemistry, the discovery and sources of several chemical elements, the development of the periodic table, chemical structures and formulas, laboratory equipment, biochemistry,…
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Join PTS and STAMPEX and the Collectors Club as they present three talks on aspects of the British Empire. Guadeloupe Postal History: The British Carry the Mails by Edward Grabowski Guadeloupe is an archipelago in the French Caribbean with an interesting relationship with the British Postal System. The Lithographed Arms…
View More PTS and STAMPEX: Three British Empire TalksChemistry is the scientific discipline involved with elements and compounds composed of atoms, molecules and ions: their composition, structure, properties, behavior and the changes they undergo during a reaction with other substances. In the scope of its subject, chemistry occupies an intermediate position between physics and biology. It is sometimes…
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Join PTS and STAMPEX and the Museum of Philately as they present Marcus Orsi discussing the Emerald Collection.
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The history of the British Post Office in America has been interpreted from many different angles. Some historians approach the topic from an economic viewpoint. Others examine the colonial post through extant postmarks, covers and ephemera. These approaches, and others, have made significant contributions to our knowledge of the…
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In Episode 29, Stamp Stories discusses female painter, Mary Ritter Hamilton. who captured the landscape of WWI right after the war and the stamps Canada Post recently released to honour her. Blog and Podcast Episode 29 – Mary Ritter Hamilton
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James W. Milgram, a retired orthopaedic surgeon, has collected both covers and letter paper of 18th and 19th centuries United States. He is a prolific philatelic author and co-author of over 500 articles in such journals as American Philatelist, Stamps Magazine, SPA Journal, Postal History Journal, Confederate Philatelist, Chronicle of…
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Steve Walske’s research and collecting interests include; North American blockade-run mail from 1775 to 1865; French Franco-Prussian War mail (1870-71); and American transcontinental overland mail from 1832 to 1869. This presentation begins with the earliest known pre-contract letter from the Rocky Mountains in 1832 and examines how letter communications played…
View More Postal History Symposium 2020: Blazing Trails for the Westward Expansion