Admission to the symposium is free but the Museum asks that attendees register at this site: http://stamps.org/Spellman-Registration
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The Spellman Museum of Stamps and Postal History, the oldest philatelic museum in the Americas, will host a postal history symposium co-sponsored by the United States Philatelic Classics Society, and with support from the American Philatelic Society. It will take place on the campus of Regis College (College Hall, room 202) in Weston, Massachusetts, where the museum is located, on Thursday, May 1, 2014, starting at 9:00, a day before the opening of Philatelic Show, the WSP show in nearby Boxboro.
The theme of the symposium is “Transition Periods in American Postal History.” The presenters include Alfredo Frohlich, “Panama: The Path between the Seas;” Gordon E. Eubanks, Jr., “Creating the Postal Age and the Introduction of the Issue of 1851;” Douglas N. Clark, “The Transition of the Whaling Industry from Nantucket to Martha’s Vineyard;” and Ron Cipolla, “William F. Harnden’s Express: The Dramatic Catalyst that Changed America’s Postal System.”
The displays in the Spellman Museum’s galleries, open to the public, will include truly exceptional material from its holdings.
Admission to the symposium is free but the Museum asks that attendees register at this site: http://stamps.org/Spellman-Registration.
For questions contact info@spellman.org, or go to www.spellman.org
