Peter Shulman, associate professor of history, won the senior Moroney Award for Scholarship on Postal History for an article he wrote last summer. His article, "Ben Franklin's Ghost: World Peace, ...

The Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum has launched One Minute Wonders, a new series of short-form videos designed to make postal history engaging and accessible for all audiences. Each one-minute ...

The Smithsonian’s NationalPostalMuseum is dedicated to the preservation, study and presentation of postal history and philately. (Note: Philately is the collection and study of postage stamps, ...

It was on this day in 1775 that the U.S. postal system was established by the Second Continental Congress, with Benjamin Franklin as its first postmaster general. Morris County officials have unveiled ...

One of three known existing letters with this Brunswick stamp is among those being sold at auction Tuesday. Photo courtesy of H.R. Harmer Letters predating Maine’s statehood that were sent from towns ...

Amanda Madden, Assistant Professor, History and Art History; Director of Geospatial History, is set to receive funding for the Arnhem Postal History Project. Work for this project will involve: ...

A mail enthusiast has spent more than 30 years amassing the largest private collection of post boxes in mainland UK. Steve Knight, 63, began his collection 35 years ago after noticing how the iconic ...