Posts Tagged ‘national postal museum’
Postmarks
I’ve recently begun saving postmarks from letters and giving them their own page in my stamp album. There’s a certain thrill for us postal geeks when we find a perfectly preserved postal marking. This is especially useful when you come across old letters and you’re trying to determine if the date reads ‘1918’ or ‘1928’.…
Read MoreA Visit to the National Postal Museum (Part 3)
Before visiting the National Postal Museum (NPM) I had been reading about it through different blogs- the NPM blog, and the PostMuse blog. There were a few others as well, but I neglected to bookmark them, so if you wrote a blog post on the NPM, please comment and let me know. It is great…
Read MoreA Visit to the National Postal Museum (Part 2)
One of my favorite stops in the National Postal Museum was a display celebrating the 15th Anniversary of the museum. It was called the Alphabetilately A to Z. The room was set up with 26 different stops and each letter had its own theme and artwork. I spent so much time zooming in trying to…
Read MoreA Visit to the National Postal Museum (Part 1)
We were in DC over the Labor Day weekend so we spent a few hours at the National Postal Museum. I was pleased to find out it is open 364 days a year (Christmas Day is the only day it’s closed) so we didn’t have to adjust our schedule at all. Rather than give a…
Read MorePlanning a Visit to the National Postal Museum
We are planning a trip to DC in September and we have it on our itinerary to visit the National Postal Museum. I’ve been reading some interesting blog posts about it and am very excited to spend a good half day there- meeting other interested folks, seeing the history of the postal service, getting story…
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