Westward Expansion/Manifest Destiny: People and National Issues behind the events - Mark Banchik, San diego, CA Jan 18, 2023 Register Now Mark E. Banchik, MD MBA Philatelic • Research o U.S. and Mexican northern/western expansions and interrelations. o Mexican Postal Development including previously poorly documented Provisional and Civil War eras. o U.S. Contract Airmail developments […]

Rob Faux A double weight cover with postage to pay twice the 27 cent rate from the United States to Rome. France acted as intermediary between the United States and the Papal State to provide postal patrons in both locations to send prepaid mail to each other.   Register Now Rob Faux has been collecting […]

Didier LeGall Australian Letter Cards Don Heller Early Postal Cards of Britain and Spain Dennis Schmidt US Official Stamped Envelopes Register Now Letter cards of the Australian Commonwealth - 1911-1912 the 1d Full-Face Design In 1901 the six separate British self-governing colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania,Victoria and Western Australia agreed to […]

Datelined at Boston on April 15, 1651, this is the earliest letter dated at Boston and the earliest letter to Barbados. It was sent from Samuel Maverick to his son, Nathaniel. Newbury Corners Pair of sheet position 38 + 39, the punched hole variety of the stamp showing the "50" Error.   Champion of Champions […]

Cover flown in 1929 by the Graf Zeppelin from Germany to Lakehurst, New Jersey, this envelope was postmarked onboard and signed by twenty passengers and crew members on the front and reverse. 4 RM was the zeppelin letter rate but the rubber stamp cachet should have been applied with blue ink. This black ink cachet […]