Discworld is a comic fantasy book series written by the English author Terry Pratchett, set on the Discworld, a flat planet balanced on the backs of four elephants which in turn stand on the back of a giant turtle. The series began in 1983 with The Colour of Magic and…
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The Holocaust Museum & Cohen Education Centre presents this feature looking at stamps honoring the women who operated during the Holocaust. Whether as Rescuers, Resistors, martyrs or victims, women played a major role in the Holocaust. A little over half of Yad Vashem’s Righteous Among the Nations are women.
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Join Ted Talks Stamps as he looks at the 39 postage stamps issued by Germany between 1986 and 2003, depicting prominent women in German history, over a period of 400 years, from the 1600s until 2002. These beautiful miniature masterpieces of the engraver’s art will enhance any stamp collection and…
View More Ted Talks Stamps: Episode 9 – Women In German HistoryWomen’s studies is an academic field that draws on feminist and interdisciplinary methods in order to place women’s lives and experiences at the center of study, while examining social and cultural constructs of gender; systems of privilege and oppression; and the relationships between power and gender as they intersect with…
View More Thematic: Women’s StudiesA dead country is any area that has ceased existence and no longer produces postage stamps. Dealers Dead Country Stamps Facebook Dead Country Stamps Websites Dead Country Stamps and Banknotes YouTube Exploring Stamps: Top Dead Countries to Collect Hong Kong Philatelic Society: Hong Kong Mail to Dead Countries My Stamp…
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The American Topical Association presents The Most Beautiful Bridge in Paris by Tom Broadhead.
View More American Topical Association: The Most Beautiful Bridge in ParisCharles Epting of HR Harmer and Michael Cortese of NobleSpirit interview George James, Head of the British Commonwealth at Stanley Gibbons, about his personal collecting interests, the various divisions of Stanley Gibbons, day to day operations of the company, and how retail and auction sales have shifted throughout the pandemic.
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Mourning covers can be defined as black-edged posted letters used in most countries, especially during the 19th and early 20th centuries, as harbingers of death and messengers of grief. These death related letters are characterized by a mourning mark, almost always black, and have been carried in the public mail…
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Join the Rocky Mountain Philatelic Library as they look at US – German Seapost 1891 – 1939.
View More RMPL Denver: US – German Seapost 1891 – 1939The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland was a federal semi-Dominion that consisted of three southern African territories—the self-governing British colony of Southern Rhodesia and the British protectorates of Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland—between 1953 and 1963. The Federation was established on 1 August 1953, with a Governor-General as the Queen’s representative at the centre. An interesting and novel feature was the African Affairs Board, set…
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