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...
Jan 28, 2013 | Stamp History
by Marsha Brandsdorfer George Washington, who was born on February 22, 1732 in Virginia to a tobacco farmer, is memorialized on dozens of U.S. and international postage stamps. In public school, I learned that Washington never told a lie, exampled by his famous...
Jul 14, 2012 | Stamp History
The Smithsonian has this really great article on the history of the postal truck and the criteria it uses for the purchase of new ones. “The Long Life Vehicle, or LLV, marked a major change in how postal officials approached buying vehicles. Until the 1980s,...
Feb 11, 2012 | Stamp Collecting Videos, Stamp History
Sandafayre’s Vincent Green talks about Penny Black and Red matching plate pairs, plus other favourites such as the KGV Seahorses and the stunning £1 Black PUC.
Jan 20, 2012 | Stamp History, Stamp Issues
There is a great resource site for any U.S. stamp on the Smithsonian Stamp Museum Website… browse or search for information about any stamp printed in the U.S. as well as other philatelic items. If you register, you can create a personal collection of stamps....
