October 26 to 30th

The American Philatelic Research Library, the American Philatelic Society, and the Smithsonian National Postal Museum jointly produce the Postal History Symposium, which has been held since 2006. The symposium provides a forum for philatelists, academic scholars, postal historians, and the interested public to discuss and present research that integrates philately or the history of postal operations into the broader context of world history.

Membership in the APS is not required to participate, but you do need to create a free APS account.

https://stamps.org/postal-history-symposium/event

The Collectors Club is not directly involved but many of our members are speaking:

Scott R. Trepel – “Postal Innovation in the Classic Era”

Timothy O’Connor –  “Rise of the American Post 1639-1776”

 Gordon Eubanks – “Postal History of the Issue of 1847″

Anthony Gallagher – “The British Colonial Post Office Controversy: A Letter from the Constitutional Origins of the American Revolution”

Ken Lawrence – “Mails of Navassa Island, The Original Overseas United States Possession, 1876-1898”

Fred Gregory –  “Government Post in Hawaii: Creation and Reform – 1849 – 1859”

Yamil Kouri, Jr.- “U.S. Post Riders in Spanish West Florida, 1801-1810”

William DeWitt, III – “Evolution of Intercity Mail Transportation Modes 1840-1880: Insights from Postmaster General Annual Reports”

William Schultz – “Toll Gates & Toll Houses: Assistance or Hindrance for Mail Delivery Modes”

Steven Walske – “Blazing Trails for the Westward Expansion, 1832-1849”

Patricia Kaufmann – “Confederate States of America: Postal Innovation during the Civil War”

Robert Dalton Harris (with Diane DeBlois) – “The “Special” Postalization of Locale”

Mark Schwartz – “The New York Postmaster Provisional”