10¢ 1847 vertical pair with Troy & New York Steamboat handstamp to Montreal Register Now The first adhesive postage stamps were issued in the US in 1847. At the time, significant amounts of domestic mail was carried by steamboats on inland and coastal waterways, all of which were considered by the Post Office Department as […]

Touch Me, Feel Me, Smell Me, Scratch Me, Taste Me, Plant Me, Hear Me - Ross Towle Belgian Chocolate -- smells and tastes like chocolate Register Now Ross Towle is an international judge and philatelic researcher. He has been collecting since he was 9 years old. Ross is the WESTPEX Team Leader for Exhibits and […]

The Frontier Wars - South Africa - Jan Hofmeyr Register Now Jan Hofmeyr was born in Beaufort West, South Africa in 1953. He has been married for 49 years and has 11 grandchildren. He lives in Victoria, Canada. After a 25 year break to run a business and help raise a family, he started collecting […]

11th Annual Spellman Museum Postal History Symposium Thursday, September 21, 2023, from 8:00-9:30 PM ET Sponsored by the Collectors Club of New York Register Now Commemorating the 150th anniversary of the first U.S. Official Mail Stamps Presenters: Les Lanphear: U.S. Official Postal History Dennis Schmidt: 19th Century Official Stamped Envelope Uses Ravi Vora: U.S. Consular […]

Our Hobby's Future Matthew Kewriga, Victoria Lajer, Corey Long, Jonas Hällström Register Now Matthew Kewriga Matthew has have been a philatelist since the age of 8, buying stamps at the post office and attending local stamp shows. At 14, he decided to specialize in the US Departmental Official stamps that were issued in 1873 and […]