"The Striding Messenger": A Philadelphia Local Post Circa 1846 to a Budding Chemist
For a short period in the mid 1800s until they were put out of business by Congress and the Post Office, there were a number of companies...
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Registered Cover to Germany from 1893
To streamline the complex maze of postal services for international mail, 22 countries met in 1874 to establish the General Postal Union,...
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Civil War "Adversity Cover" Circa 1862
During the U.S. Civil War, the Union blockade prevented many supplies from entering the Confederacy. That included paper and envelopes....
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Advertising Covers - A Fascinating Collectible
Attached is a presentation that I delivered at the Philatelic Gathering on March 23, 2024. It's the final version of a presentation that...
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Funding the Spanish-American War
Between April and August 1898, the U.S. and Spain fought a war that Spain lost and that resulted in the U.S. taking over Cuba, Puerto...
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