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A Daniel Webster "Free Frank" - No Devil But Plenty of Bird Poop
Daniel Webster (Figure 1) was a prominent lawyer and politician in the antebellum period. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives,...


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...


Dr. Gabriel L. Miesse’s Stampless Letter in German to Distant Relatives, 1845
In 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Preserving Historical Documents - A Duty of Philatelists
Stamp collectors, especially those who specialize in classic covers, are, for all intents and purposes, curators of historical artifacts....
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