Historian Charles Verge, is past-president of the Royal Philatelic Society of Canada and the American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors, curator of the Canadian National Stamp Collection, a prolific writer, exhibitor, and judge. He has written three books and over 200…
AmeriStamp Expo 2013 seminar – Fakes, Forgeries, and Counterfeits from the National Postal Museum Collection hosted by Daniel A. Piazza, Curator of Philately, Smithsonian National Postal Museum.
The type designer and sculptor Eric Gill had exacting and pointed opinions about postage stamps, their purpose, and their design. In spite of those opinions, he had a terrible time getting his stamp designs issued. This talk has been adapted from…
An interesting HowTheyMade video on the production of postage stamps – How it’s Made Postage Stamps. From computer screen to the final product, shrink-wrapped and boxed for shipment to post offices, the video also discusses measures to ensure errors do…
The Tenth Annual Maynard Sundman Lecture The Art of the Stamp, Saturday, November 10th, 2012, Smithsonian National Postal Museum.
The 100 Greatest American Stamps presented by Janet Klug and Donald Sundman, The Sixth Annual Maynard Sundman Lecture, February 9, 2008, Smithsonian National Postal Museum. The museum’s Maynard Sundman Lecture Series was established in 2002 through a donation by his…
A video describing many of the features stamp collecting software should have to make tracking of your collection easier.
Going beyond the basics of stamp collecting, Janet Klug, past president of the American Philatelic Society and member of the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee, is your guide to topical stamp collecting in A-B-C’s of Stamp Collecting.
American Philatelic Society AmeriStamp Expo 2013 seminar video – Challenges in Literature Exhibiting and Judging by Richard Drews.
During the American Philatelic Society’s Summer Seminar 2013, Tara Murray presented an elective on organizing and maintaining personal libraries. It was recorded for YouTube, but you can watch “How to Organize and Maintain your Personal Library” right here.
Kristin Patterson, WE Expressions – Vol 6 No 4 When we hear the term electronics, we think of recent inventions such as the iPad and cell phone. These items that we cannot live without seem to have no connection with…
Kristin Patterson, WE Expressions – Vol 6 No 4 At StampShow 2012 held in Sacramento, a great example of the use of electronics was used in Anne Harris’ Display Division exhibit, The Horse in America During its Golden Age. This…
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