Looking at Stamps

This week, I finish my chat with Nan Calora. We laugh, talk about getting new stamps, laugh, talk about adhesive stamps, laugh, talk about crooked stamps, UN stamps and what to do with our stamps when we are gone. The website for UN stamps is unstamps.org.

This week I chat with Nan Calora, an avid photographer and stamp collector and enthusiast. She has been collecting stamps for personal and artistic purposes for over 50 years. This week we talk about monkeys, Cuba, being a doofus, Ansel Adams and the Great Mailbox Caper. Oh yeah, and we laugh a lot.

Thus week I finish my chat with Erin Seamans who is a Development Assistant with The American Philatelic Society (APS). This week we talk about Erin’s favorite stamp, stamp storage, stamps and art, connections and stories of stamps, and the 2020 APS challenge. Programs mentioned in both episodes include the 25 for 30 membership drive, Stamps for Champs, and Stamps Teach Programs. Erin can be contacted by email at erin@stamps.org. The APS website is located at stamps.org, current stamp releases can be purchased online at usps.com. Graham Beck can be found on IG @exploringstamps and on YouTube at Exploring Stamps. The podcast mentioned is Frank Roche’s postcardist which is pre-production for new episodes and older episodes are available wherever you listen to your podcasts.

Erin is a Development Assistant with The American Philatelic Society (APS). This week we talk about APS membership options, Stamps for Champs and Stamps Teach Programs. She will also discuss working at the APS, connecting through stamps, philately in the digital era and some of her favorite stamp themes. She can be contacted by email at erin@stamps.org. The APS website is located at stamps.org, current stamp releases can be purchased online at usps.com. Graham Beck can be found on IG @exploringstamps and on YouTube at Exploring Stamps. The podcast mentioned is Frank Roche’s postcardist which is pre-production for Season 2. Season 1 episodes are available wherever you listen to your podcasts.

This week I finish my chat with Patti Wallace. We talk about Clint Eastwood, Peacocks, the Banana Stamp incident, Stamps and Memories, and Stamps and Art. You can find Patti on IG as SouthernStampQueen. She can also be found talking peacocks on IG as allthepeacocks.

This week I chat with Patti Wallace, a 35 year stamp collector from Mississippi. We talk about life in Mississippi, stamp storage, collecting for the joy of the endeavor, stamps in paper, buying stamps online and starting all over again. Patti can be found on IG as SouthernStampQueen.

I finish my chat with Gail Marowitz and we talk about singer-songwriters, stamp storage, engraved stamps, space stamps, stamp design and a few of her favorite stamps. She can be found on IG as gninamarowitz and her studio can be found online at thevisualstrategist.com

This week we talk about stamps as art, stamps as political discourse, her new IG project—the corona virus diaries, stamp auctions and pizza. She can be found on IG as gninamarowitz and her studio can be found online at thevisualstrategist.com

We finish our chat with Abby Walker from Sacramento CA. She can be found on IG under @theartofthepost and @sacramentosnailmailsociety. This week we talk about buying stamps, stamp dealers/appraisers, social justice stamps, stamp storage and Mrs. Grossman’s stickers

This week we chat with the Mail Artist Abby Walker from Sacramento CA. She can be found on IG under @theartofthepost and @sacramentosnailmailsociety. This week we talk about how to do Mail Art, the joy of mail, the joy of penpals, the beauty of stamps and the age old question: which comes first—the letter, the envelope or the stamps.

This week I finish the interview with Heidi Belinsky who is the owner of Max and Co Post. We talk about birds, how it all began, triangle stamps, her favorite stamps, and stamp/postcard storage. She can be found on IG @maxandcopost and @beaksinmylens and online at maxandcopost.com

This week we chat with the owner of Max and Co Post. We talk about pandemic supplies, collections and collecting, stamp art and chain cards. She can be found on IG @maxandcopost and @beaksinmylens and online at maxandcopost.com

We talk about stamps, stamp designs, stamps with friends and family and cupcakes

Stacy Adam is a graphic designer who recently published an article in The American Philatelist Magazine. We talk about her findings, stamps, and chain cards. The chain card reference is: maxandcopost/blog/chain-card-step-step-instructions. To join the APS, please visit stamps.org/join-now

My reflections on the Love Letter Gathering and the Love Hearts Project

I conclude my interview with Eric Blomquist and we talk about beer, postcrossing, pictorial cancellations, stamps and the Year of the Rat First Day of Issue Cancellation

This week I talk stamps, postcards and stamp memories with my friend Eric Blomquist, IG’s bestwisheseric

This week I chat with Graham Beck about this Exploring Stamps You Tube videos, his favorite stamps and the future of stamp collecting and philately.

Mailbox Memories on IG, Ashli and I talk about postcards, postage stamps, creative uses of her stamps and her shop at South Main Creative in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Frank Roche is the creator of the Postcardist Podcast. He and I chat about stamps, collecting and postcards.

I discuss the new release of the Made of Hearts Stamps and the history of the Love Series of Stamps

Find out a little bit about your host as he answers his 10 Questions

A brief introduction and a discussion of the upcoming Year of the Rat postage stamp.

This is the preview episode of Looking at Stamps.