August 2018 - Sneak Peek

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THE PHILATELIC EXPERIENCEE Around the World... Traveling by Stamps Takes on Another Dimension I remember as a young collector listening to a substitute teacher talk about traveling the world through stamp collecting. He told us to call him Father Dan and he was a unique choice for a sub. That year he managed to teach us the Greek alphabet and a few basic phrases in the language. But stamps were apparently one of his passions. In my estimation, I was already a collector. Never mind that I was in the fourth grade and still not quite sure of the purpose of a perf gauge. I knew all about stamps and had heard others promote the hobby with the “travel the world” speech. Proud of myself and sure of my knowledge, I spoke up in class to demonstrate that I was already there, philosophically speaking. And it was as if Father Dan was just waiting for someone to take the bait. He smiled slyly, leaned toward the class and then proclaimed, “But did you know you can time travel as well?” He had us all with that statement. He sprung something new on me while capturing the imaginations of kids from all walks of life. You don’t have to be a science fiction fan to understand the allure of traveling through time; the ability to see the extinct and experience the past. Through the intrigue conjured with that simple query Father Dan had provoked not only interest, but action from his audience. The questions flew and the buzz he created set up the class for the most memorable history lessons of our academic lives. This month, I hope to reignite that fire with an edition heavy on travel — both through time and over distance. For months now I’ve talked about the philatelic experience and, for many, that experience is closely tied to travel, both real and vicarious. There are places we would all like to visit and, budget- and health-permitting, it remains a possibility that we might get there one day. There are also times and ages that hold equal fascination, yet philately remains one of the few pathways there. Although the ground still exists, the cultures of the past are too often lost to time. Think of the empires ravaged by war and removed from the map, but that still fit neatly between pages in albums. As we strive to share the philatelic experience, there will be those who engage and those who scoff. We naturally lean toward those who engage. After all, it is easier to persuade an interested audience and we certainly want to win more collectors. But the deepest impression (and the sweetest victory) may yet come from those who don’t know we can travel through time. ................................................................................ BY MARTIN KENT MILLER editor martin@stamps.org APS Official Family 2016–2019 PRESIDENT Robert Zeigler ziggy_travesty@yahoo.com BOARD OF VICE PRESIDENTS Jeff Shapiro dirtyoldcovers@aol.com Patricia (Trish) Kaufmann trishkauf@comcast.net SECRETARY Stephen Schumann stephen.schumann@att.net TREASURER Bruce Marsden mail@brucemarsden.com DIRECTORS-AT-LARGE Michael Bloom mbloom@sinotech.com Rich Drews richbear427@hotmail.com Peter P. McCann ppm103226706@aol.com Mark Schwartz mark.schwartz1@verizon.net IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Stephen Reinhard sreinhard1@optonline.net STAMP THEFT COMMITTEE Nicholas A. Lombardi P.O. Box 1005, Mountainside, NJ 07092 stamptheft@stamps.org APS INSURANCE PLAN Hugh Wood Inc., 220 Match Factory Place Bellefonte, PA 16823 Toll Free: 888-APS-6494 Phone: 212-509-3777 Fax: 212-509-4906 aps@hughwood.com ADDRESS CHANGES To change your address online visit stamps.org and log into your My APS account. Or mail your new address information to APS, 100 Match Factory Place, Bellefonte, PA 16823 (Fax: 814-933-6128). Please try to give us four weeks’ notice. You can also add an e-mail address or website to your APS record. CONNECT ONLINE aps_stamps @american.philatelic.society @APS_stamps blog.stamps.org wsradio.com/aps-stamp-talk Editor, The American Philatelist ist @Stamplibrary blog.stamplibrary.org 726 AMERICAN PHILATELIST / AUGUST <strong>2018</strong>
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