“The U.S. Issues of 1851-1856" Gordon Eubanks, Pebble Beach, CA Gordon will briefly discuss very briefly the stamps of the 1851-1856 issues and then focus on the way the stamps were used. The United States was expanding, business was growing not just domestically but internationally. The mail system played a critical role in supporting this […]

"Recessed Issues of Queen Elizabeth II Worldwide" - James P. Gough, Santa Ana, CA Register Now James Peter GOUGH Philatelic Honors: • Signer of the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 2012 (Worldwide Philatelic Hall of Fame) • Elected to the USA’s Luff Award, 2020 • Elected to the Académie de Philatélie in France, 2000 • […]

Jenkins' Express: Dodging the Yanks Along the Rappahannock River - Patricia Kaufmann, Lincoln, DE

3.2 Wine or Fermented Fruit Juice, a Short-Lived Idea, May 1-December 5. 1933 Upon the inauguration of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Congress rushed to redefine nonintoxicating beverages in the Volstead Act. Two days after the inauguration they passed the Act of March 22, 1933 with a limit of 3.2% alcohol for both beer and wine. This […]