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The GoUpState.com website reports that a historic letter predicting the start of the Civil War was discovered in between pages of a World War II stamp album that was purchased years ago at a St. Louis flea market.
According to the article by Lee G. Healy, a former history teacher […]
Moesman
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The other day I saw reprints made by Moesman of the Surinam Young Wilhelmina definitives in some auction, and I can’t for the life of me find them back so here’s my plea for information: I have some Wilhelmina’s which have once been sold to me as “forgeries”, and I was just […]
New life
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Hmm, just when I was in a bit of a rut regarding my Queen Wilhelmina collection, along comes this speaker at our local philatelic society with a wonderful collection of King Edward VIII. He showed 160 pages, and that is no mean feat when you realize that there are only four stamps […]
MN Postmaster Says, “Take Your Unwanted Mail Home!”
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Minnesota’s Park Rapids Enterprise reports, “Patrons of the Park Rapids post office have noticed something missing lately – the public garbage can. It was removed recently when the postmaster became concerned about identity theft.”
Postmaster Denice Phillips-Kunze is quoted in the article as saying, ““I just don’t think it’s a good […]
National Postal Museum Features Lincoln Plate Proofs
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In celebration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, the Smithsonian is having a yearlong celebration, featuring exhibitions and events that will offer visitors a chance to explore the life and times of the nation’s 16th president.
Beginning later this month, the National Postal Museum’s Philatelic Gallery pullout […]
The Meal is in the Mail
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How about a Thanksgiving feast for your son or daughter away at college, a missionary or a needy family in your own area?
Idaho’s Latah Eagle reports, “United States Postal Service has come up with an idea for sharing your holiday dinner with someone who can’t make a trip home. By […]
Happy
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It’s not a rarity or anything, and it’s not even favourably regarded in the philatelic world, but I have finally got my first high value “Veth” definitive from the Netherlands, and I’ve just made a scan of it and seeing it blown up made me realize that I really and truly think […]
It’s An Addiction
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“Fanatical” stamp collector Steven Chivers is quoted in an article that appeared in New Zealand’s Taranaki Daily News about the Tarapex National Stamp Exhibition as saying stamp collecting is “an obsession, a drug addition and it’s better than putting money into Lotto or cigarettes.”
Steven, who has been collecting for 45 […]
Feel free
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Yesterday, I received a comment from one of my more faithful readers, Toon, why I buy all this stuff (referring to the Dutch proof I showed yesterday), and why I do not just start a virtual collection with images from the internet, scans from auction catalogues, etc. His website is based on […]
Tempted
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Each time I get one of those lavishly illustrated Dutch auction catalogues in the mail, I drool over all those pages of wonderful Dutch material, and am close to just collecting The Netherlands as a country. I suppose I will succumb in the years to come to actually do make The Netherlands […]
Ken Lawrence to Start Another Holocaust Collection
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Ken Lawrence is starting another Holocaust collection as well as writing a book according to Pennsylvania’s Centre Daily News.
Reporter Chris Rosenblum writes, “For 30 years, Lawrence built an award-winning catalog of rare concentration camp mail and other postal material from the Nazi reign before selling the collection recently to the […]
Last Post: Remembering the First World War
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Today is Veterans Day in the United States. In other parts of the world, November 11 is known as Armistice or Remembrance Day.
This year several countries are issuing stamps to mark the 90th Anniversary of the end of World War I on November 11, 1918.
The Cambridge Network website reports a […]
Youngblood Joins Regency-Superior
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Linn’s Stamp News reports that Wayne Youngblood has joined Regency-Superior Auctions as vice-president for cosignor relations.
A lifelong collector, Wayne is well-known and liked throughout the philatelic community both in the United States and aboard. He currently sits on the board of the American Philatelic Society and is an expert for […]
Stamp Handbags
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Elliott Williams, CEO of ez-duz-it by Elliott, reports in the USPS New Link that his USPS-themed handbags, bags, belts and totes have become the most popular line he has sold during his 25 years in business.
The 90-percent recycled, repurposed, refurbished, eco-friendly and handmade handbags are available online and at boutiques […]
Woodrow Wilson comes to Europe (4)
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Wilson went from strength to strength and in 1912 won the Democratic nomination for president. The Republicans pushed forward Roosevelt who campaigned as a progressive candidate, which may well have contributed to Wilson’s eventual election victory.
In 1913, Wilson was duly inaugurated. Four years later Wilson as re-elected with an even greater share […]
IN WITH THE NEW
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Italian stamps are very interesting when it comes to various air mail issues. They were, of course, the ones that issued the very first air mail stamp in the world, way back in 1917.
But I was working my way around this stamp from 1934.
It marks the first direct flight from Rome to […]
China 2009 World Stamp Exhibition
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China’s CCTV reports, “The World Stamp Exhibition prepares to come to China for a second time. The annual event moves around the world from year to year. Next year it will be in Luoyang in central China’s Henan province. An introductory exhibition has begun a tour of sixty Chinese cities, […]
NOSTALGIA
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Hi there, I’m back! From my trip to Holland, that is. Had a great time but not much stamp-related activities. Did manage to find a Michel Germany Specialized catalogue for less than 2 euros though! Only ten years old so still ideal for the issues that matter. I tell you, it […]
Malta’s Postal Window on History
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The Times of Malta reports, “The annual philatelic exhibition, MALTEX, will open to the public tomorrow with a line-up of exhibits that demonstrate there is more to stamp collecting than meets the layman’s eye.”
According to the report, “While the hobby may seem to some a vestige of the last century, […]
Stamp Collecting is One Big History Lesson
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According to Denny Donnell of Columbia, Missouri, “Stamp collecting is one big history lesson.”
Denny and the Columbia Philatelic Society are featured in an article that appears on the Columbia Tribune website.
Last weekend at the Columbia Public Library, Denny and some other members of the society shared their love for stamps […]
Obama stamp
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Holiday Gift Idea
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A New York-based manufacturer has launched its first product line consisting entirely of USPS stamp art — the “P.S. Collection” by jeweler Arjang & Company.
The company’s first offering, which includes the “P.S. I Love You” and the “P.S. Happy Holidays” product lines, features the All Heart love series stamp and […]
Election Day USA
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According to the USPS News Link more and more Americans have elected to cast their ballots by mail.
Election officials report that in 2008:
- Thirty-three states allow voters to vote absentee by mail or in-person early.
- Twenty-eight states allow “no excuse” absentee voting by mail.
- Florida election officials estimate that nearly […]
Solar-Powered Mail Delivery Vehicle Debuts
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The Florida Times-Union reports U.S. Postal Service officials unveiled a new solar-powered, fuel-efficient vehicle (known as the T-3) late last week in St. Augustine, Florida.
Other locations where the T-3 is being tested include Atlantic Beach, Key West and Ocala in Florida, Phoenix and Sun City in Arizona, and San Diego […]
1868 B-Grill Sells for Million Plus
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The New York Times reports, “In a sign that high-end collectibles may withstand the economic downturn, a near-record price for a rare postage stamp was set last week at an auction in New York City.”
Auctioned on Wednesday at the Siegel Auction Galleries, an anonymous bidder bid $1,035,000 for the 1868 […]
