Say the word “voodoo” to most Americans and a familiar picture appears: a pin-stuck doll, […]
Europafrique: Stamps for a Partnership of Equals
In the early 1960s, a remarkable thing happened on the stamp counters of West and […]
Secours National: Charity Stamps in a Divided France
Collectors who leaf through the French pages of a stamp album from the Second World […]
Navigation and Commerce: One Design for an Empire
A Stamp Problem with a Money Problem For most of the 19th century, France supplied […]
Dahomey et Dépendances: A Colony’s Full Name on a Stamp
From “Bénin” to Dahomey For most of the 1890s, mail from France’s holdings on the […]
Illegal Stamps”: What the Label Really Means
Spend a little time browsing stamp listings online and you will eventually run into a […]
The Railway Mail Service: Sorting the Nation’s Letters at 60 MPH
Some weeks back, I was looking at stamps and covers when I came across a […]
Grace Kelly: How She Met Her Prince
Some Hollywood romances start on set. Grace Kelly’s started with a car crash — and […]
Ira Hayes, a Reluctant Marine
On the morning of February 23, 1945, five days into the bloodiest fighting the Marine […]
“Mad” Anthony Wayne and the 1929 Stamp That Sealed the Northwest Territory
If you’ve been following along, you’ll have noticed a pattern forming: a run of stamps […]
Sacagawea and the 1994 Legends of the West Stamp
We’ve spent the last few posts working through a small cluster of stamps tied to […]
The Other Clark: George Rogers Clark, Fort Sackville, and the Bicolor Stamp
Ask most people to name a famous American explorer named Clark, and you’ll get “Clark” […]