May 26, 2013 | Sequoia Stamp Club
The May 14th meeting of the Sequoia Stamp Club was devoted to an auction of material from the archives of the Western Philatelic Library (WPL). The WPL, was founded as the South Bay Philatelic Library in 1969. It was recently forced by the City of Sunnyvale to...
May 21, 2013 | Stamp History, Stamp Issues
Continuing our articles on the 1913 commemorative Panama-Pacific Expo stamp series is the 5-cent stamp showing the “Golden Gate” – the entry way to the San Francisco Bay. The 3rd stamp in this series was part of a set to commemorate both the...
May 14, 2013 | Stamp Issues
The US Postal Service just recently came out with a nifty new stamp series celebrating spring with vintage seed packets From the US Post Office “Flowers are among the most popular subjects on stamps, and the U.S. Postal Service continues its tradition of...
May 9, 2013 | American Philatelic Society
Bob Chang, proprietor of The Stamp Act, had the distinguished honor of becoming a 50-year American Philatelic Society (APS) member this year. On Saturday, April 27, 2013, Tara Murray, American Philatelic Research Library (APRL) Librarian and APS Representative at...
May 6, 2013 | Sequoia Stamp Club
Tara Murray, Director of Information Services/Librarian of the American Philatelic Research Library in Bellefonte, PA, visits the Sequoia Stamp Club in Redwood City, CA, on the evening of April 23, 2013. The APRL has one of the world’s largest and most...
