I am sitting watching the third night of the virtual Democratic National Convention thinking that today’s #stampoftheday, which marks a critical early 19th century naval battle fought by the USS Constitution, is a reminder that today we have to fight for the U.S. Constitution. A 3-cent stamp issued in 1947, the stamp pictures an architect’s […]

The power and importance of timely communications – itself a timely reminder at a time when the Post Office is under siege – is the focus of the 121st #stampoftheday, a 4-cent stamp marking the 100th anniversary of the first telegraph message sent via a transatlantic cable. The telegraph, which was the first device to

It seems appropriate that today’s #stampoftheday comes the day after Kamala Harris made her first remarks as the Democratic nominee for vice president. Issued in 1952, it’s a 3-cent stamp that honors the role of women in the armed forces. It’s today’s stamp because today is the 102nd anniversary of the day that Opha May

The usually amicable but currently strained relations between the US and Canada are celebrated in today’s #stampoftheday, a 13-cent stamp, issued in 1977. The stamp, which commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Peace Bridge linking Buffalo, NY and Fort Erie, Ontario, comes from the part of my late father’s collection that consisted of folders and

Today, August 6, 2020 is the 75th anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. It’s also the 55th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1965, which was signed on August 6, 1965. There’s no stamp commemorating the former and the stamp commemorating the latter came well after my father stopped collecting

“Register – Vote” is the uncannily timely message from today’s #stampoftheday, a 5-cent stamp issued on August 1, 1964. I have mixed reactions to this stamp. Obviously, I agree with its basic message – register and vote. And, of course, I’m among the money who are stunned – and mobilized – by the many ways

While today’s #stampoftheday honors a decision made in 1898, it also connects directly the inflammatory tweets about fair housing made by Donald Trump earlier this week. The stamp itself, is a 5-cent airmail stamp, issued on July 31, 1948 to mark the 50th anniversary of the expansion of New York City – which consisted of

Today’s #stampoftheday features Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who took office in the midst of an unprecedented crisis and provided much needed leadership through the Great Depression and most of World War II. A 1-cent stamp issued on July 26, 1945 that has a portrait of Roosevelt and Hyde Park, his childhood home, it was the first

Competence in government, particularly the difference that talented people can make if given the authority and the resources, is the theme of today’s #stampoftheday (actually #stampsoftheday). The three stamps themselves honor three major Revolutionary War milestones. The first is a 3-cent stamp, issued in 1955, commemorating the capture of Fort Ticonderoga on Lake Champlain by

Ulysses S. Grant, who died on July 23, 1885 days after he finished writing his widely acclaimed autobiography, today makes an encore appearance in today’s #stampoftheday, which is an 18-cent stamp issued in 1938. While I wrote about Grant in May, I’m returning to him because in mid-June, protestors in San Francisco tore down a