[The blog as seen below was published in the 1st quarter 2025 issue of The Alaskan Philatelist . A slightly different version was...

[This article was published in The Airpost Journal , Vol. 96, No. 5, Sep-Oct 2025, pp. 72-75. A PDF of that version is attached.] The...

[Published in the Yule Log , Apr-May-Jun 2025 issue: ----------------------- I describe myself as an eclectic collector of postal...

I exhibited for the first time at the Rocky Mountain Stamp Show May 23-25, 2025. The title of my three-frame exhibit was the "Pan American Airways Speed Test of 1946." It received a Large Vermeil and the American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors Novice Award. I exhibited a slightly revised version at NOJEX in September 2025 where it was also awarded a Large Vermeil. I applied to enter it at BOSTON 2026 as a one-frame exhibit. I should hear later this year if it has been

Introduction 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...

[This blog was published in the May/June 2025 Airpost Journal] What comes to mind when you think of the United States Army Air Corps...

[Note: This blog was published in the Jul/Aug 2025 issue of the Collectors Club Philatelist , the journal of the Collectors Club of New...

[This article, in slightly different variations, has appeared in three publications: (1) the version in this blog was published in The...

(This post was published in two places: A postal history journal named La Posta for the 4th quarter of 2024 and in two parts in Le...

I gave this presentation at the Great American Stamp Show in Hartford, Connecticut on August 16, 2024, and to the Greater Philadelphia...

Some stamp societies invite collectors to submit one-page exhibits that are then displayed on their websites. These are noncompetitive...

Update: This post was published in First Days , July-August 2024, pp. 60-69. The layout by editor Martin Kent Miller is fantastic. I...

One of the major milestones in postal history was the establishment of transpacific airmail routes. The first route to be established was...

Update: This article was published in the American Air Mail Society's Air Post Journal for June-July 2024. A copy of this article is...

Attached is a presentation that I delivered at the Philatelic Gathering on March 23, 2024. It's the final version of a presentation that...

Update: This article was published in the second quarter 2024 issue of Kelleher's Stamp Collector's Quarterly. The editing was subpar - I...

Update December 23, 2023: This article has been published in two publications: Airpost Journal, November 2023, and Kelleher's Stamp...

Today, first-class mail is often carried by planes, but before 1977, air mail was a distinct service from first-class mail, and a sender...

(This article was published in the Airpost Journal, April 2024, Vol. 95, No. 4, Whole No. 1126, pp. 144-146. A PDF of the published...

Charles A. Lindbergh became a household name after he made the first nonstop flight from New York to Paris in May 1927. But he didn't...