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, ...

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, ...

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 ...