According to an entry on its blog, the Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum has launched a new online exhibit, “Hunting for Wiesenthals: Postmarks from the Simon Wiesenthal Collection.” It goes on to say, “This unique online exhibit explores postmarks from towns in Austria-Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Germany. The postmarks are a part of Wiesenthal’s larger stamp collection, which he started in the late 1940s to occupy himself at night... 

According to an entry on its blog the Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum has launched a new online exhibit, “Hunting for Wiesenthals: Postmarks from the Simon Wiesenthal Collection.” It goes on to say, “This unique online exhibit explores postmarks from towns in Austria-Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Germany. The postmarks are a part of Wiesenthal’s larger stamp collection, which he started in the late 1940s to occupy himself at night... 

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Reporter Paul Nolan writes on the Radio France Internationale (RFI) website, “France’s post office is often held up to illustrate what’s best and worst about state ownership. But La Poste is about much more than banking and delivering letters. It is also an important patron of the arts.” According to Paul, “The postal museum in Paris’s Montparnasse district was inaugurated shortly after World War II. It has become... 

Reporter Katie Bartel of British Columbia’s Chilliwack Progress pens, “Cecil Coutts has finally achieved some closure on a 111-year-old mystery that had dogged the retired police officer for 17 years. “But it’s not the kind of case you would think would capture a cop’s attention — no missing person or murder or theft. “Rather, the mystery involved postage stamps and postal history, a hobby in which the 78-year-old... 

New Zealand’s Marlborough Express reports, “The first independent New Zealand postal stamp from 1898 was the inspiration for boutique Marlborough winery Walnut Block Wines’ award-winning label. The stamp is about as old as the Wairau Valley wine company’s namesake walnut tree that stands at the heart of the vineyard.” Acdcording to the article by Michael Berry, “Director Clyde Sowman said he was no stamp collector,... 

Richard C. Malmgren’s exhibit on Hawaiian Postage Stamps won the World Series of Philately Champion of Champions at APS StampShow 2010 held August 12–15 in Richmond , Virginia . The exhibit, focuses on the purpose, design, production and usage of postage stamps issued by three successive Hawaiian governments — the Kingdom of Hawaii , the Provisional Government, and the Republic of Hawaii . Since 1968, the World Series of Philately (WSP)... 

“Back to school supplies included laundry mailing boxes for many college-bound students in the early twentieth century,” according to a write-up on the National Postal Museum’s website. It goes on to say, “From the 1910s into the 1960s, mailing laundry was an attractive option for anyone without the time, means, or resources to do the chore themselves. It suited undergraduates, summer campers, military personnel, and... 

The United States Postal Service has announced it’s going greener than green. A recent USPS news release points out, “Customers can recycle their P.O. Box mail as an easy, planet-friendly alternative to taking it home to discard… with more than 10,000 locations across the country, nearly 50 percent more than last year, it’s even easier to be green by recycling Post Office Box mail.” In the release, Sam Pulcrano, USPS vice... 

Deborah Morris, the “Fru-Gal” writes on the Bluegrass Moms website, “A man who took my class last year came up to me at another event to share with me a story about his 5-year-old daughter. Since taking my class and ­reading my column, the man has signed up for many of the freebies. His daughter now enjoys going to the mailbox to see what’s there. Even though most of the items are not for ­children, she still says it feels... 

The St. Louis Dispatch features an article about computer prgrammer Alan Barasch who is “known as much for bringing great food to club events as he is for his stamp collection.” Reporter Pat Eby writes, “so many friends want his recipes, he posts them on his everything-Alan website, barasch.com . Look at the Excel tab for code, links and formulas Alan likes. Click on ’stamps” and you’ll go postal, right to... 

The St. Louis Dispatch features an article about computer prgrammer Alan Barasch who is “known as much for bringing great food to club events as he is for his stamp collection.” Reporter Pat Eby writes, “so many friends want his recipes, he posts them on his everything-Alan website, barasch.com . Look at the Excel tab for code, links and formulas Alan likes. Click on ’stamps” and you’ll go postal, right to... 

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