1997 Commemorative Stamp Collection
Author: United States Postal Service Staff
Publisher:
Published: 1994-01-01
Total Pages: 63
ISBN-13: 9781877707100
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States Postal Service Staff
Publisher:
Published: 1994-01-01
Total Pages: 63
ISBN-13: 9781877707100
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States Postal Service
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 2007-10
Total Pages: 66
ISBN-13: 0061236853
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This full colour gift book tells the fascinating stories behind all of the current year's commemorative stamps: why each stamp was chosen, how the designs evolved, background information on the subjects depicted in the stamps, and all relevant facts and figures. The yearbook is beautifully illustrated and designed as a cherished keepsake for stamp collectors and enthusiasts of all ages. An official product of the U.S. Postal Service, it's the perfect way to capture the excitement of the year's stamp program. Exciting spreads include The Art of Disney: Magic, the Star Wars Saga, Marvel Super Heroes, American Treasures: Louis Comfort Tiffany, Pacific Lighthouses, and more.
Author: Charles Posner
Publisher:
Published: 2016-06-15
Total Pages: 103
ISBN-13: 9780933580800
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An examination of U.S. commemorative stamps issued in 1950. The volume includes numerous images of philatelic and history significance and details both the subject history and the stamp production.
Author: H.E. Harris & Co
Publisher: Whitman Pub Llc
Published: 1988-11
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780937458006
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Discusses where and how to obtain stamps; tools, accessories, catalogues, and albums; identification of stamps; and the history of stamps. Includes a dictionary of terms.
Author: Cheryl Ganz
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
Published: 2014-12-02
Total Pages: 415
ISBN-13: 1935623540
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Every stamp and piece of mail tells a story. In fact, each often tells multiple stories, ranging from concept to art design to production to usage, often with tales of politics, history, technology, biography, genealogy, economics, geography, disaster, and triumph. The lens of philately offers a fresh and engaging story of American history, culture, and identity, and it can also help deepen the understanding of world cultures. The William H. Gross Stamp Gallery, opened at the Smithsonian National Postal Museum in September 2013, has many such stories to tell. Chief philately curator Cheryl R. Ganz guides readers through some of the gallery's nearly 20,000 objects that together illustrate the history of our nation's postal operations and postage stamps.
Author: Sheila Brennan
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 2018-06-15
Total Pages: 234
ISBN-13: 0472123947
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Winner of the University of Michigan Press / Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory (HASTAC) Prize for Notable Work in the Digital Humanities In the age of digital communications, it can be difficult to imagine a time when the meaning and imagery of stamps was politically volatile. While millions of Americans collected stamps from the 1880s to the 1940s, Stamping American Memory is the first scholarly examination of stamp collecting culture and how stamps enabled citizens to engage their federal government in conversations about national life in early-twentieth-century America. By examining the civic conversations that emerged around stamp subjects and imagery, this work brings to light the role that these underexamined historical artifacts have played in carrying political messages. Sheila A. Brennan crafts a fresh synthesis that explores how the US postal service shaped Americans’ concepts of national belonging, citizenship, and race through its commemorative stamp program. Designed to be saved as souvenirs, commemoratives circulated widely and stood as miniature memorials to carefully selected snapshots from the American past that also served the political needs of small interest groups. Stamping American Memory brings together the histories of the US postal service and the federal government, collecting, and philately through the lenses of material culture and memory to make a significant contribution to our understanding of this period in American history.
Author: James Gurney
Publisher: Artisan Publishers
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780867130461
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Text and illustrations, based on James Gurney's art commissioned for the Postal Service dinosaur stamp series, introduce thirteen dinosaurs and three other creatures found in North America during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.