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P.O. Box 1663
The unassuming cover in Figure 1 was mailed by Doris Watkins from Cambria, Virginia on December 2, 1944. It's addressed to her husband,...
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"All Politics Is Local": A Penny Black Election Letter from 1841
One of the first philatelic/social history articles I wrote was titled, “A Prize Agent, A Naturalist, and A Navy Captain: A Penny Black...
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The “Golden Age of Flight”: An Airmail Collector’s Wonderland
When I was growing up in the 1960s, I was captivated by the space race. I don’t remember Alan Shepard’s first Mercury flight or John...
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An Homage to a Forgotten Stamp Collector
Kevin G. Lowther penned thoughtful advice about planning for that day when we each close our stamp album for the last time in “Stamp...
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U.S. Army Air Corps in WW II Was More Than Pilots: Stamp Collector and Fuller Brush Salesman Robert K. Schink
What comes to mind when you think of the United States Army Air Corps during World War II? Maybe you picture the heroic pilots who flew...
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