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This presentation will cover the history of city letter carrier services from 1753 to 1863. It will include a discussion of the Franklin and Eagle Carrier stamps and the carrier stamps and special markings of carrier departments in major U. S. cities.

Cliff Alexander

Cliff Alexander is a Washington DC partner in the Asset Management and Investment Fund Practice Group of K&L Gates, a large international law firm. After receiving his law degree from Georgetown, he worked for the Securities and Exchange Commission and for the Securities Subcommittee of the Senate Banking Committee.

Cliff began collecting stamps at the age of 12 when his parents gave him a Minkus “New World Wide Postage Stamp Album.” His primary collecting interest today is postal history during the 18th and 19th Century of private companies, including local posts and independent mail companies. He also collects the postal history of city carriers, and of Washington, Georgetown and Alexandria.

Cliff is the chairman and a director of the Carriers and Locals Society. He served on the board of directors of the US Philatelic Classic Society and currently is a member of the Classic Society Finance Committee.

In 2023, Cliff received the Classic Society’s “Distinguished Philatelist Award.” He has written over 75 articles for the Chronicle, Penny Post, American Philatelist and Postal History Journal. He has given over 35 postal history presentations at meetings of the Classic Society and other philatelic organizations.

Larry Lyons

Philatelic Leadership

• Trustee of The Philatelic Foundation since 1999
• Executive Director of The Philatelic Foundation since 6/2010
• Editor of The Penny Post for the Carriers and Locals Society 1/2000-7/2021

Research and Publications

• 180 articles on Carriers and Locals in The Penny Post
• Book: “The Identifier for Carriers Locals Fakes Forgeries and Bogus Posts of the United States” A three volume set of over 1400 pages including over 5000 images and 1000 sketches.

Presentations

• 5 Presentations at shows for the U.S. Classics Society
• 2017 Presentation at the Royal on XRF identification of US Newspaper stamps by ink analysis
• 16 hour course presentation at APS Hartford 2012 on Carriers, Locals and Independent Mails.
• 14 presentations at the NY Chapter of the US Classics Society
• 10 scientific presentations for the Philatelic Foundation at APS shows
• Forgeries of Local Posts presented at The Collectors Club of NY
• Pomeroy’s Letter Express presented at The Collectors Club of New York
• 6 presentations at APS Shows on US Classics with Carriers and Locals
• Forgeries presentation at an Ephemera Society Convention

Memberships

• APS since 1987
• The Collectors Club of New York
• A Fellow of The Royal Philatelic Society and a member
• Carriers and Locals Society since 1990
• American Revenue Association
• The US Classics Society
• The New York Chapter of the Classics Society
• The Baltimore Philatelic Society

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