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 written by creator Robert E. Howard, but I devoured them ....
Tag: Postal History
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 looking at my collection and they see just that plain ....
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 later. US Coast Guard Cutter Red Cedar (WLM 688). The ....