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Historic Civil War Letter Discovered in an Old Stamp Album

admin — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:12:57 +0000

Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog 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

admin — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:48:44 +0000

Submitted by Akphilately Blog 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

admin — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:47:53 +0000

Submitted by Akphilately Blog 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!”

admin — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:46:58 +0000

Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog 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

admin — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:46:07 +0000

Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog 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

admin — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:45:05 +0000

Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog 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

admin — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:58:08 +0000

Submitted by Akphilately Blog 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

admin — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:56:49 +0000

Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog “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

admin — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:17:37 +0000

Submitted by Akphilately Blog 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

admin — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:43:16 +0000

Submitted by Akphilately Blog 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

admin — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:36:01 +0000

Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog 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

admin — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:18:42 +0000

Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog 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

admin — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:21:50 +0000

Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog 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

admin — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:18:37 +0000

Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog 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)

admin — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:16:53 +0000

Submitted by Akphilately Blog 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 [...]