The History of American Comic Books

The History of American Comic Books

By Marsha Brandsdorfer According to Shirrel Rhoades’ book, A Complete History of American Comic Books, the initial beginning of comic books was in the 1930s with 64 pages of comic strips reprinted from the newspapers. Finally, by 1935, comic book titles started...
Babe Ruth

Babe Ruth

by Marsha Brandsdorfer In 1995, Guyana issued unique self-adhesive postage stamps resembling a set of 12 baseball cards honoring the legendary Babe Ruth. Ruth has also been memorialized on other international stamps, and to date three U.S. postage stamps: Scott # 2046...
Berlin Airlift Presentation

Berlin Airlift Presentation

Jim Giacomazzi gave a great presentation on February 25th about the Berlin Airlift that started in 1948.  The presentation was used by permission of Bob Parkin who created an exhibit about the 50th Anniversary Covers of the Lift.   The full presentation can be found...

Cats on Stamps

by Marsha Brandsdorfer Topical collecting of cats on postage stamps can be fun. Cats have been around for thousands of years. An old Arabian legend connects the cat’s creation with Noah’s Ark. A pair of mice was taken on the Ark but the mice reproduced multiplying...

PENPEX 2013 Palmares – Exhibit Award Winners

Palmares is the French word for a list of winners.  The following is the list of award winners for the 2013 PENPEX. Thank you to everyone who entered an exhibit into our show. PENPEX Grand Award Terri Edwards – An Engineering Victory of the First Order: Hoover...

September 2013 eBlast – Show Off Your Collection

Do you like showing your stamp collection to others? Are you willing to share information about your collection to other interested people? How about exhibiting that collection at PENPEX? Well the price is right at PENPEX. It is free! The PENPEX entry form is...
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