An Air Mail Plane Crash, John N. Luff, Harry Houdini: This Cover Has It All
I describe myself as an eclectic collector of postal history. I look for covers from any genre and era that have interesting stories to...
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The “Cheap Postage Movement” and the Advent of the First U.S. Postage Stamp
The 1844 U.S. presidential election between Democrat James Polk and Whig Henry Clay was a nailbiter. Marked by controversies over slavery...
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Contract Air Mail: The Catalyst of Commercial Aviation
I am scheduled to give this presentation at the Great American Stamp Show in Hartford, Connecticut on August 16, 2024.
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One-Page Exhibits
Some stamp societies invite collectors to submit one-page exhibits that are then displayed on their websites. These are noncompetitive...
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Celebrating 50 Years of Airmail Service to Bermuda
Update: This post was published in First Days, July-August 2024, pp. 60-69. The layout by editor Martin Kent Miller is fantastic....
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