A little sinister postal history with the BSA
Probably my favorite aspect of the broader stamp collecting world is postal history. Yes, I know some will argue it isn’t stamp collecting, but who […]
Postal History
Robert E. Howard and the station cancellation
Like many, my first exposure to Robert E. Howard was through his character, Conan the Barbarian. There was a set of 12 books, not all […]
The front, the back, and look closely
On the surface, the cover is plain on the front. A stamp. An address. A postmark. It is often … frustrating when someone is actually […]
USCGC Red Cedar and its philatelic history
The Coast Guard Cutter Red Cedar entered my life in 1988. I stepped out of boot camp in Cape May, N.J., and reported ten days […]