Jun 8, 2013 | Stamp Collecting Videos
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) was not the only president to collect stamps but he was the most avid collector of all US presidents. For him the joy of stamp collecting was a great stress release for the many difficult world problems that he faced during his...
Jun 2, 2013 | Stamp History, Stamp Issues
Scott #400 and #400A (color variant): 10¢ “Discovery of San Francisco Bay” is the final stamp in our series on the Panama-Pacific Exposition series of stamps published in 1913. Of the 4 stamps in the series, it has the most interesting philatelic history. Scott #400...
May 26, 2013 | Sequoia Stamp Club
The May 14th meeting of the Sequoia Stamp Club was devoted to an auction of material from the archives of the Western Philatelic Library (WPL). The WPL, was founded as the South Bay Philatelic Library in 1969. It was recently forced by the City of Sunnyvale to...
May 21, 2013 | Stamp History, Stamp Issues
Continuing our articles on the 1913 commemorative Panama-Pacific Expo stamp series is the 5-cent stamp showing the “Golden Gate” – the entry way to the San Francisco Bay. The 3rd stamp in this series was part of a set to commemorate both the...
May 14, 2013 | Stamp Issues
The US Postal Service just recently came out with a nifty new stamp series celebrating spring with vintage seed packets From the US Post Office “Flowers are among the most popular subjects on stamps, and the U.S. Postal Service continues its tradition of...
