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CELEBRATE MAY WITH STAMPS WATCH OUR MAY VIDEO Although we are already half-way through the month of May, there are still many people and events we can celebrate on their special May date.  Archie, our stamp collecting alligator, has created a short YouTube video featuring stamps from his collection that commemorate events that happened this month plus stamps honoring famous people with May birthdays. He also shares his collection of bicycles on stamps since May is National Bicycle Month and he includes a variety of stamps about picnics since May is also National Hamburger Month. We hope you have time to watch this show. Click here for the link May. Thanks go to Alanna Muldoon of Weston Media for all her work helping Archie create the video. If you would like a free calendar featuring Archie’s stamps, just email calendar

ANNUAL POSTAL HISTORY SYMPOSIUM SEPTEMBER 9. Again this year, the Museum will hold its annual Postal History symposium/webinar with the theme War and Innovations: A Postal Perspective.  Like last year, the program will be held virtually and is set for September 9 from 8:00 to 10:00 pm. The topics and speakers are:  -Colonial Wars Leading to the American Revolution presented by Dr. Tim O’Connor, -The Siege of Paris 1870-71 presented by Steven C. Walske and -Medical Aspects of the Spanish American War given by Yamil H. Kouri, Jr. The program is free but a registration is required. Reservations can be by sending an email the Museum at symposium.and the link will be sent to you. The program is supported by NobleSpirit of Pittsfield, NH and The Collectors Club of New York.

OPEN AIR OPEN HOUSE JUNE 19 Join us between 1:00 – 3:00 PM for a tented gathering to celebrate Spring and the safe reopening of the Museum coming soon. There will be refreshments, guided small group tours of the updated exhibit spaces and you can meet with the Museum leadership, fellow members and other friends of the Museum. Free packets of stamps and First Day Covers. For more information or to RSVP, contact openhouse.

NEW POSTAL MUSEUM OPENS IN IRAN There are many postal museums around the world. The latest one to open is in Tabriz, Iran in the 200-year-old Mojtahediha Mansion (pictured here).  Back in February, Iran’s first Post-Museum School opened in Rasht. This new museum aims at educating children in various fields of communication and media as well as promoting the culture of the post by holding communication courses and classes.  A second Post-Museum School is also scheduled to be inaugurated soon in Delgan. It was in 1868 that the government of Iran first started to produce its own stamps often called the “lion and sun” stamps (below). This was twenty-eight years after the first postage stamps in the world were issued in Great Britain.  The Nasser al-Din Shah Qajar’s who reigned from1848-1896 developed the postal system in Iran. He was inspired by the reported successes of a postal system in many regions, so he decided to send a group to France to study the system and launch it in Iran. HAVE YOU VISITED A FOREIGN POSTAL MUSEUM? If so, tell us which one and something special you remember about it. Send to museum

MEDICINE ON STAMPS A ZOOM PROGRAM ON MAY 19 Education Director Henry Lukas will be presenting a Zoom program on Wednesday , May 19 at 7:00 for the Public Health Museum in Tewksbury, Massachusetts. The theme for his Powerpoint is "Medicine on Stamps - Staying Healthy With Philately". If you would like to get the zoom link, email to medicine.

TAKE OUR VIRTUALTOURS Have you taken our virtual tours of the Museum's main gallery and the exhibit on the celebration of the 19th amendment? Click on our website to reach the YouTube links: tour Over 1000 people have already taken the gallery tour. Please click to see what they have seen.

ZOOM PROGRAMS STILL AVAILABLE Our one hour PowerPoint program entitled "Pushing the Envelope - A History of the US Post Office Through Stamps" is still available for presentation at libraries, senior centers, stamp clubs and other adult groups. For institutions that are starting to have live programs again, Education Director Henry Lukas can visit to present the program. For more details email to zoom.

YOUTH CLUB MEMBERSHIP OPEN

The Museum continues to offer a free, one year membership for children ages 6 to 16 in our Youth Club. Children receive a monthly packet of topical stamps, worksheets and philatelic information, a discount in the Museum store, a monthly stamp calendar plus free admission for themselves and the family. For more information email to Club. Thanks go to Museum volunteers Jessica Leuscher and Erika Epstein for supervising this program

CAN YOU GIVE US A HAND? Although we have been closed, we have still continued sharing our educational programs electronically and creating exhibits to be shared with all of our enthusiasts, young and old. We thank all those who have already recently supported us. We ask others of you if you can also please support our efforts by going to the bottom on our webpage (click webpage) and clicking on the donate button. A $50 contribution will give you a one year individual membership.

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