Join President and CEO, H.R. Harmer Fine Stamp Auctions Charles Epting, as he shares the extraordinary facts behind this simple cover from Edwin Stanton to his wife Ellen and it’s incredible journey from California to Pittsburg in 1858.
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In todays episode, Ourdadsstamps looks at the origins of the First Day Cover and find out how much a 1d black FDC is worth. We also look at more recent covers and discuss the pro’s and cons of collecting them.
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Learn about this fascinating unknown story after the rise of the Ayatollah Khomeni with Stories Behind the Stamps.
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On December 3rd, 2022, US expert William T Crowe reviewed material at the Spellman Museum brought in by members and other guests to offer “on the battle field” opinions regarding authenticity and condition. In a first of many event, sponsored by NobleSpirit, these events look to bring collectors more in…
View More Conversations with Philatelists: Ep. 96 – Bill Crowe at The Spellman Museum
Ourdadsstamps reviews an album of New Zealand stamps that he purchased at the Autumn Stampex. Covering Queen Victoria to Queen Elizabeth II, I talk about the Chalon Heads, the differences between watermarks, stamp values King George VI and QEII definitives and the New Zealand Christmas stamps.
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In this episode of Snail Mail with Smokey I share with you three Christmas stamps from Poland.
View More Snail Mail With Smokey: Episode 38 – Christmas Stamps from Poland
George D. Hauber, Sr., longtime friend and Philatelic Society of Lancaster County member, shared two presentations this evening, one entitled “Semi-Postal Stamps,” highlighting United States Semi-postals, and the second entitled “Overview of Semi-Postal Stamps of the Philippine Islands,” highlighting this country’s semi-postal stamps, each one with a with a surcharge…
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This video is an introduction to Postcrossing and Postcards by the Eclectic Philatelist.
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In late November, Delcampe announced that they would be moving to anonymous transactions. The Philatelic Traders’ Society (PTS) caught up with owner Sebastian Delcampe to find out more and why this is such an important move. The change will take place on 8th December.
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This video from Eclectic Philatelist is about starting a new topical collection of Torii Gates. The subject was inspired by the board game “The One Hundred Torii” by Pencil First Games.
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