Advertising Covers - A Fascinating CollectibleAttached is a presentation that I delivered at the Philatelic Gathering on March 23, 2024. It's the final version of a presentation that...
Dr. Gabriel L. Miesse’s Stampless Letter in German to Distant Relatives, 1845In late 2022, I purchase a boxful of covers at a stamp auction. The covers were a fascinating lot dating from the mid-19th century to the...
Preserving Historical Documents - A Duty of PhilatelistsStamp collectors, especially those who specialize in classic covers, are, for all intents and purposes, curators of historical artifacts....
"Rail Road Car" Stampless Letter from a Husband to His Wife, 1841In the early 1840s, railroads were a very new form of transportation in the US. The first common carrier railroad in the US was the...