I acquired this cover (Figure 3) at an auction because of the advertisement. It's a very bold one, depicting an allegoric figure...

Stamped envelopes are considered "back of book," or "BOB" items. These are philatelic items that appear after regular stamp issues in...

We take for granted the delivery of mail to our home and business addresses, but that was not always the case, especially in rural areas....

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...

In December 1947, John Schott was an 11-year-old living in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. If he was a baseball fan - and I suspect he was...