by Ed O. deBary The Family Basis of My Collection Stamp collecting in our family began in Germany two generations before I was born. Both my grandfathers, who were born in Germany, were collectors. My maternal grandfather, Edward Merton, had a nice collection of French stamps. But it was my…
by Don Denman Take a trip through the history of Western North Carolina as seen through its mail. This presentation offers an overview of the evolution and growth of Western North Carolina with an emphasis on its postal system and post offices. You will have an opportunity to increase your…
by Don Denman The movement of mail throughout the country is a fascinating part of our nation’s postal history. Before the invention of automobiles and other horseless vehicles, the overland long distance movement of mail was typically done by the railroads. By the turn of the century, the invention of…
by Randall Chet PHILATELIC PHINDS The US Civil War was responsible not only for the Federal Govt’s first adhesive revenues, but for some of the more interesting cancels stamped or printed upon them. One of the items taxed to help pay for the Civil War, were novel and popular photocards,…
by Ken Farnik Directions for Use in Removal of Self-adhesive Stamps First, determine that a stamp is a self- adhesive and not water activated (stamps with gum), because this solvent will not work on water activated stamps. Once that is confirmed, check that the stamp is indeed stuck down on…
by Larry Oliver I was originally trained as a journalist, and my father taught me some very pertinent things about the use of language. Amongst them was the importance – and lack of importance – of certain words. He was the first to teach me about objectivity vs. subjectivity. He…
