You can now watch the Postal History Symposium on the APS YouTube Channel.

The biennial symposium is hosted by the American Philatelic Research Library, the National Postal Museum and the U.S. Philatelic Classics Society. The theme for this year's first virtual symposium was, “Postal Innovation of the Classic Era: Evolution Leading to Modernization.”   

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Postal History Symposium: October 26-30, 2020

    Speakers:

• Scott Trepel - Keynote Speaker: Postal Innovation of the Classic Era
• Diane DeBlois and Robert Dalton Harris: The “Special” Postalization of Locale
• William DeWitt:  Evolution of Intercity Mail Transportation Modes 1840-1880: Insights from Postmaster General Annual Reports
• Gordon Eubanks:  Postal History of the Issue of 1847
• Anthony Gallagher: The British Colonial Post Office Controversy: A Letter from the American Revolution
• Fred Gregory:  Government Post in Hawaii: Creation and Reform – 1849 - 1859
• Patricia Kaufmann: Confederate States of America: Postal Innovation During the Civil War
• Yamil Kouri: U.S. Post Riders in Spanish West Florida, 1801-1810
• Ken Lawrence:  Mails of Navassa Island, the Original Overseas United States Possession, 1876-1898
• Jim Milgram:  Early Railroads Carry the Mail
• Tim O’Connor:  Rise of the American Post 1639-1776
• William Schultz:  Toll Gates & Toll Houses: Assistance or Hindrance for Mail Delivery Modes
• Mark Schwartz:  The New York Postmaster Provisional
• Steve Walske:  Blazing Trails for the Westward Expansion