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Lewis & Clark First Day Covers
A first day of issue cover or first day cover (FDC) is a postage stamp on a cover, postal card or stamped envelope franked on the first day the issue is authorized for use within the country or territory of the stamp-issuing authority. From 2004-2006 the United States celebrated the bicentennial of the Lewis &…
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Trade Cards – Famous Lithographers
Thomas Calvert, born in Yorkshire (1828) and immigrated to America when he was 21. He worked for several printing companies before moving to Detroit and starting his own firm in 1861. Calvert was a major producer of trade cards from the late 1870’2 to 1900. Thomas Calvert became one of the leaders of the American…
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Why Ephemera?
People collect many different things. Sculptures and figurines, paintings and jewelry. Collecting ephemera, or “little scraps of beauty” as Nick Waters calls them has become a passion (obsession?) that links my love of Newfoundland Dogs and my love of history, as each card or photograph provides a little window into the culture and activities of…