Lunar Voyage Cachets, set of 5 covers 🇺🇸 United States | Issued April 1972 Fifty years ago, three men did what barely a handful had done before them: They flew to the moon, landed, had a look around, and brought a few souvenir pebbles home. In fact, their accomplishment was much more astounding than that.... Continue Reading →
Some of the Literary Arts stamps in my collection. John Steinbeck | 🇺🇸 United States, 15¢ | Issued Feb. 27, 1979 | Scott 1773 Edith Wharton | 🇺🇸 United States, 15¢ | Issued Sept. 5, 1980 | Scott 1832 Nathaniel Hawthorne | 🇺🇸 United States, 20¢ | Issued July 8, 1983 | Scott 2047 F.... Continue Reading →
It’s snowed out every “significant” birthday of my life so far. The day my mother went into labor, there were 17 inches of snow on the ground. So much snow, that my father and the EMT on duty had to hoist her four-foot-ten frame by the armpits and carry her the nearly-quarter mile down the... Continue Reading →
Holiday Delights 🇺🇸 United States, Forever¢ | Issued September 24, 2020 | Scott 5525-5528 It’s always fun to focus on stamps of yore and use them to glean stories from the past. But often, we forget that many of those stamps have held their stories since the day they were issued—or, at least, since shortly... Continue Reading →
50th Anniversary of the National Park Service 🇺🇸 United States, 5¢ | Issued August 25, 1966 | Scott 1314 Recently, my sister and I were trekking around the national parks of central California when we spotted an opportunity for #xtremephilately. She helped me take the image above, a shot of the 1966 National Park Service... Continue Reading →
Society of Philatelic Americans Souvenir Sheet, Imperf. on Cover 🇺🇸 United States, 10¢ | Issued August 26, 1937 | Scott 797 On this day in 1937, the United States Post Office Department issued a stamp minisheet that is close to my heart—because it’s close to my home. Let’s take a moment to celebrate and enjoy... Continue Reading →
Classic Movie Monsters 🇺🇸 United States, 32¢ | Issued September 30, 1997 | Scott 3168-72 Happy Intergalactic Hug a Monster Day! Over the years and around the world, many stamps have been issued that depict mythological monsters, cryptids, ghouls, ghosts, and fairy tale foes. Perhaps most recent was the delightful Spooky Silhouettes Forever stamp issue... Continue Reading →
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