Mar 10, 2013 | Stamp Issues
Continuing the celebration of 100 years since the publishing of the Panama-Pacific Exposition stamp commemorative is the .02 stamp from that series. Issue Date: January 1913 Quantity issued: 503,713,086 Printed by: Bureau of Engraving and Printing Method: Flat plate...
Mar 1, 2013 | Stamp History, Stamp Issues
This is the first posting in a series that looks back a century to U.S. stamp issues in 1913. The major U.S. stamp issue 100 years ago was the Panama-Pacific Commemorative Series. This series was a set of 4 stamps issued to celebrating two world-changing events: the...
Feb 23, 2013 | Stamp History
Mary Fields, also known as Stagecoach Mary, was the first African American and the second woman postal carrier in the United States. Born a slave in 1832 in Tennessee, Fields gained her freedom a the end of the Civil War in 1865. She then moved on to caring for a...
Feb 16, 2013 | American Philatelic Society, Stamp Collecting Videos
The American Philatelic Society (APS) has posted a new video in its series of how to use their newly designed site… in this video you will learn about setting up an account on the site to access special member only features. It is worth a look
