Aug 10, 2015 | Stamp History
(Inspired by two pages of stamps acquired at a club sale.) By Ken Perkins Early morning, March 20, 1920, Grafing, Germany, a suburb of Munich. “Servus, Walter.” “Servus, Fritz. I’m surprised to see you here in our little post office so early...
Oct 20, 2014 | Stamp History
By Ken Perkins Non-collectors thinking about stamp collecting could be forgiven for believing that the front of the stamp must be the most important part of a stamp. After all, the colorful designs, values, country names, and postmarks are all on the front. But we...
Jun 18, 2014 | Stamp History, Stamp Issues
Fifty years ago, the U.S. Postal Office published the 5¢ Amateur Radio stamp, Scott #1260. At the time the stamp honored the 250,00 amateur radio operators in America. It was issued on the 50th anniversary of the founding of the American Radio Relay League, it...
May 29, 2014 | Stamp History
Fifty years ago today the 5¢ John F. Kennedy Memorial stamp was issued by the U.S. Post Offic in memory of the late president who had been assignated on November 22, 1963. U.S. #1246 was issued on May 29, 1964 on the 47th birthday of the late President John F....
Apr 6, 2014 | Stamp History
by Ken Perkins “Deutsche Einheit” read two ordinary looking stamps issued by Germany on October 3, 1990. Two words, two stamps; the hopes and fears of millions of people. Conrad Schumann, John F. Kennedy, Günter Litfin, Ronald Reagan, Peter Fechter, Erich Honecker,...
Mar 13, 2014 | Stamp History
It was one hundred years ago that a new innovation was introduced by the United States Postal Office with the production of stamps by rotary press. The demand for coils of stamps was growing but traditional flat bed press production could not keep up with the...
