Somewhere near the middle of 2019, the American Topical Association asked me to create a cover for their upcoming book Topical Adventures. Little did I know that the project would become an adventure...
This article was first published in the February 2020 edition of The United States Specialist, the monthly journal of the United States Stamp Society. Click this link to read the article in the...
Issued: February 1, 1978 • Location: Washington, DC This article was first published in the February 2020 edition of The United States Specialist, the monthly journal of the United States...
Issued: January 16, 1931 • Location: Brooklyn, NY In January 1931, the Post Office Department issued this stamp commemorating the 150th anniversary of the death of General Casimir Pulaski...
From the cover alone, I suspect you have intuited that this issue of The American Philatelist is dedicated to the philately of affection. As long as mankind has been recording history, we have been...
As an experienced hiker, I know about the challenges and the risks of adventuring out into various locales and conditions. The importance of terrain, weather, wildlife and resources shift depending...
Over the course of this now-waning year, we made many strides toward preserving the legacy and enhancing the future of the hobby.
You would be hard-pressed to find a group of people possessed of a greater understanding and appreciation of history than philatelists. The very objects of our obsession are reminders of those things...
For experienced collectors, this post title could really be the subtitle of the journal. For those of us who take our collecting seriously, we try to make time every month (week, day?) to work on our...
Long Standing Column Carries Multiple Meanings I know that Scott English’s column, “Our Story,” is a reference to the state of affairs at the APS and, often, a commentary on key issues for the hobby...