Over the past pandemic-restricted year, several organizations including the APS, USPCS and Collectors Club of New York, have made all our philatelic lives more enjoyable by sponsoring a large number of virtual talks on classic philately. In essence, during a time where we could not go to the talks, they have brought the talks to us. In most cases, the USPCS has helped provide speakers from our membership.
These recorded presentations provide an opportunity to share information with people who could not attend live, or who just need to refresh their memory. That’s why we are pleased to collect talks relevant to the US classics and post them here on the USPCS website where they can be easily found and accessed. Our objective is to make as many of these talks on classic philately available from this website, no matter which organization was the immediate sponsor.
You can visit the new Video Presentations section of the website under the “Resources” tab in the top menu bar.
Current video presentations include:
By the USPCS
- U.S. Domestically Mailed Circulars to 1900 by Scott Steward
- The Great Sanitary Fair – Philadelphia by Mike Plett
- US Freight Money Covers, 1837 to 1848 by Clifford J. Alexander
By the Collectors Club NY
- New York Postmaster Provisional of 1845 by Mark Schwartz
- Cancellations: Struck on Stamps by Wade Saadi
- Amazing Local Posts of Philadelphia by Vernon Morris
- U.S.-Canadian Cross Border Mail by David D’Alessandris
- Embossed Stamped Paper – American Colonial Taxation by Roger Brody
By the American Philatelic Society
- U.S. Post Riders in Spanish West Florida, 1801-1810 by Yamil Kouri, Jr.
- Toll Gates & Toll Houses: Assistance or Hindrance for Mail Delivery Modes by William Schultz
- The British Colonial Post Office Controversy: A Letter from the Constitutional Origins of the American Revolution by Anthony Gallagher
- Steaming Mail: Introduction of the First High-Tech Postal Service by John Laurence Busch
- Rise of the American Post 1639-1781 by Timothy O’Connor
- Postal Innovation in the Classic Era by Scott R. Trepel
- Postal History of the Issue of 1847 by Gordon Eubanks
- Mails of Navassa Island, The Original Overseas United States Possession, 1876-1898 by Ken Lawrence
- Government Post in Hawaii: Creation and Reform – 1849 – 1859 by Fred Gregory
- Evolution of Intercity Mail Transportation Modes 1840-1880: Insights from Postmaster General Annual Reports by William DeWitt, III
- Early Railroads Carry the Mail by James Milgram
- Blazing Trails for the Westward Expansion by Steven Walske
