We take ice for granted. As Amy Brady writes in Ice: From Mixed Drinks to Skating Rinks - A Cool History of a Hot Commodity, "Ice is...

When it comes to Civil War postal history, I would describe myself as a dabbler. I don’t specialize in this period, but occasionally I...

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...

On the surface, the folded letter in Figure 1 is not all that remarkable. There are, of course, only about 11,500 covers and folded...

The cover shown in Figures 1 and 2 caught my attention when it was offered at auction in July 2023. I had heard of the recipient Edward...