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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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: ...