Archive for October, 2009
New National Postal Museum Exhibits Go Online
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The National Postal Museum has announced that two new online exhibits are now featured on their Arago website.
The story of the development, implementation, and growth of Rural Free Delivery (RFD), and its impact on rural America, is the topic of Bringing the World Home.
Click here to view.
And to celebrate the [...]
The Postal Service’s ‘Get Well’ Plan. Greeting cards!
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Columnist Ed O’Keefe writes in the Washington Post, “Next time you visit the post office for stamps, you might also be able to buy (and send) your brother his belated birthday card.”
Ed reports, “The U.S. Postal Service has started selling Hallmark greeting cards at some post offices, a one-year experiment [...]
Abdullah, Ruler of Jordan
Submitted by Akphilately Blog
1920 was a disastrous year for the Arabs: They lost Palestine, Syria, Lebanon and finally Mesopotamia as well. Britain and France were coming to an agreement on how to split up the area, in April 1920. Britain got the Palestine mandate. But as rebellion was breaking out among the Arabs, the Brits, [...]
Santa Fe Railway Post Office (RPO)
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First Philatelic Album and Oldest Stamp Collection
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A never-before-revealed album — believed to be the first manufuactured philatelic album — is featured along with a sequel about the world’s oldest stamp collection in the December issue of Scott Stamp Monthly.
Scott catalog editor James E. Kloetzel discloses the existence of the album in print for the first time. [...]
American First Day Cover Society Gets New Website
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Allison Bernard Gallaway reports on Facebook that the American First Day Cover Society has redesigned their website.
The new website features information about the society, a listing of local chapters, a group discussion board, tips on making and collecting first day covers, contests, auctions, links to related sites, a cover [...]
Florida Residents Send Message to U.S. Postal Service — On Coconuts
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Lona O’Connor writes in the The Palm Beach Post, that hundreds of coconuts with polite messages asking U.S. Postmaster John Potter to reconsider the proposed closing of Florida post office have been sent to USPS headquarters in Washington.
Because the Lantana, Florida post office is on the chopping block for the [...]
An Accidental Stamp Series
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BeyondThePerf.com reports USPS illustrator Nancy Stahl fondly remembers the first time she saw one of her designs — in a neighbor’s garbage can.
Nancy is quoted in an article titled An Accidental Series as saying,”I hadn’t seen it printed yet. And there it was, sitting in the trash on the corner [...]
No Price Increase For Stamps Next Year
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Ed O’Keefe of the Washington Post reports, “Americans will continue to pay 44 cents for first-class stamps in 2010, and the price to mail catalogues and magazines will also stay the same, according to an internal Postal Service memo.”
Postmaster General John E. Potter is quoted as saying in a memo [...]
Garry Shandling and His Stamp Collection
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Elaine Raines writes on her blog, Tales from the Morgue, that comedian Gary Shandling was once a stamp collector.
According to Elaine, “But, just as some kids were collecting baseball cards, Shandling was collecting the routines of his favorite comedians, including George Carlin, Don Rickles, Joey Bishop and Shecky Green.”
Elaine [...]
Perfins
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Wikipedia reports, “Formerly considered damaged and not worth collecting, perforated postage stamps are now highly sought after by specialist collectors.”
According to The Perfin Club’s website, “Perfins is an acronym derived from PERForated INSignia or INitialS on stamps. Originating in England in 1868, perfins have been punched into stamps by large [...]
Canada Post Loses Rare Book, Offers Stamps in Return
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When Canadian psychologist Daniel Bentley, 61, purchased a rare 18th-century book of poetry for 107Euros (about $170) online late last year from a bookstore in France, it was to be shipped to him by La Poste.
According to the Ottawa Citizen, Bentley believed it would only a matter of days before [...]
Machins
Submitted by Akphilately Blog
Sometimes you need a little push to get going. That’s what happened to me when I ordered an old postcard for my Peacemaking collection. The sender included two extra postcards, both modern, but both sent from here in Great Britain to Holland, and both being franked with Machin stamps.
And suddenly, without asking [...]
Conclusion
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I’m back again! Sorry I took so long but sometimes with all the other stuff I have to write, my keyboard just dries up. Anyway, back with a vengeance. Well, hopefully anyway!
I may have told you that I’ve made a bit of a restart on my Peacemaking collection. It is going well [...]
To Be or Not to Be a Mailman, That is the Question
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Sean Pearson writes on Alaska’s Homer Tribune website that he often wonders if he should have become a mailman.
“It’s not so much the glory of wearing the spiffy blue uniform or the excitement at becoming an avid philatelist that gets me thinking about my career choices,” says Sean.
Apparently all three [...]
The Swedish Tiger
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You’d never know it from its name but Roger Kirby’s The Swedish Tiger website has high definition pictures, prices and more on just about any classic U.S. stamp you can think of.
On the site you will find images of all US postage stamps up to 1952. Along with updated market [...]
Stamps Have a Greater Purpose Than Just Mailing a Letter
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The Observer & Eccentric Newspapers and Hometown Weeklies website reports, “Postage stamps serve a greater purpose than the mere mailing of a letter. They live on for years beyond that initial thank-you letter or birthday card, and as a whole, serve as an indication of a country’s history, culture and [...]
Happy Columbus Day!
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According to the Wikipedia website, today is “…celebrated as Columbus Day in the United States, as Día de la Raza (Day of the Race) in many countries in Latin America, as Día de las Culturas (Day of the Cultures) in Costa Rica, as Discovery Day in The Bahamas, as Día [...]
Two-Million Stamps in Postal Worker’s Collection
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According to the Popular Fidelity website, “Alan Roy, a postal worker from Dorset, England, had a pretty normal hobby. Like a lot of folks around the world, Alan was into stamp collecting. Being a postal worker, he had access to some pretty cool stamps, and most folks have no problem [...]
SESCAL 2009 — October 9-11 in Los Angeles
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Collectors are invited to attend SESCAL 2009, an American Philatelic Society World Series of Philately show sponsored by the Federated Philatelic Clubs of Southern California. This 65th annual exhibition will be held from October 9-11, 2009 at the Radisson at Los Angeles Airport Hotel, 6225 West Century Boulevard, Los Angeles, [...]
The New Face of Stamp Collecting
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Canada’s Times Colonist reports, “These days, collectors often look for stamps that fit certain themes or topics and have expanded their collections to include envelopes and postcards that shed light on how and when the stamps were used.”
Bill Bartlett, who’s been collecting stamps since he was eight and a former [...]
U.N. Releases $1 Gandhi Stamp
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India’s Hindu reports, “Marking the International Day of Non-Violence, the United Nations released a Mahatma Gandhi stamp on the occasion of his 140th birth anniversary.”
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born October 2, 1869. However, he is known around the world as “Mahatma” which in Sanskrit translates as “Great Soul.”
According to the [...]
