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Registered Cover to Germany from 1893

To streamline the complex maze of postal services for international mail, 22 countries met in 1874 to establish the General Postal Union,...

Civil War "Adversity Cover" Circa 1862

During the U.S. Civil War, the Union blockade prevented many supplies from entering the Confederacy. That included paper and envelopes....

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...

Funding the Spanish-American War

Between April and August 1898, the U.S. and Spain fought a war that Spain lost and that resulted in the U.S. taking over Cuba, Puerto...

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...