A highly illustrated guide to the fascinating stories behind the postage stamps in the Smithsonian's National Postal Museum collections. Every stamp and piece of mail tells a story. In fact, each often tells multiple stories, ranging from concept to art design to production to usage, often with tales of politics, history, technology, biography, genealogy, economics, geography, disaster, and triumph. The lens of philately offers a fresh and engaging story of American history, culture, and identity, and it can also help deepen the understanding of world cultures. The William H. Gross Stamp Gallery, opened at the Smithsonian National Postal Museum in September 2013, has many such stories to tell. Chief philately curator Cheryl R. Ganz guides readers through some of the gallery's nearly 20,000 objects that together illustrate the history of our nation's postal operations and postage stamps.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
M.T. Sheahan, Smithsonian Books
ISBN-13
9781935623427
eBay Product ID (ePID)
209611759
Product Key Features
Author
Cheryl Ganz
Language
English
Dimensions
Item Height
262mm
Item Width
211mm
Item Weight
692g
Additional Product Features
Book Title
Every Stamp Tells a Story: the National Philatelic Collection
Format
Hardback
Publication Year
2014
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Editor
Cheryl Ganz
Number of Pages
151 Pages
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