Category: Philately

  • The Fort Sumter Issue of 1961: A Commemorative in Conflict

    Note Here is the text of the abstract for a presentation I will make in late 2012. Abstract Postal History Symposium Blue & Gray: Mail and the Civil War November 2–3, 2012 American Philatelic Center, Bellefonte, Pa. The Fort Sumter Issue of 1961: A Commemorative in Conflict David M. Frye Abstract The centennial of the…

  • Mail and the Civil War Attracts Postal Historians

    New Oxford, Pa, — September 21, 2012 — The role of mail in the Civil War will serve as the focus of “Blue & Gray: Mail and the Civil War” when the seventh annual Postal History Symposium meets at the American Philatelic Center, Bellefonte, Pa., on Nov. 2–4, 2012. Produced jointly by the American Philatelic…