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Postage Stamps in Black & White - 6 (of 8) - Canon EOS M (2012) and Fotodiox EOS-EOS M adapter with Vivitar Series 1 (1980) Macro Focusing 1:3.5 70-210 mm VMC Auto Zoom (PK Mount) with Fotodiox PK-EOS Adapter - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives on Vancouver Island, where he works as a writer.
Postage Stamps in Black & White - 8 (of 8) - Canon EOS M (2012) and Fotodiox EOS-EOS M adapter with Vivitar Series 1 (1980) Macro Focusing 1:3.5 70-210 mm VMC Auto Zoom (PK Mount) with Fotodiox PK-EOS Adapter - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives on Vancouver Island, where he works as a writer.
Bulgaria (pre-1956) - Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II with Legacy Nikon Nikkor-P・C Auto 1:3.5 55mm Prime and Fotodiox Pro Nik-M43 Adapter - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives on Vancouver Island, where he works as a writer.
Apollo 8 crew: “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth...” 1968 USA postage stamp themed Apollo 8 which was the first crewed spacecraft to reach the moon, orbit it and return.
Belgian Congo (pre-1955) - Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II with Legacy Nikon Nikkor-P・C Auto 1:3.5 55mm Prime and Fotodiox Pro Nik-M43 Adapter - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives on Vancouver Island, where he works as a writer.
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Brazil (pre-1956) - Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II with Legacy Nikon Nikkor-P・C Auto 1:3.5 55mm Prime and Fotodiox Pro Nik-M43 Adapter - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives on Vancouver Island, where he works as a writer.
Belgium (pre-1955) - Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II with Legacy Nikon Nikkor-P・C Auto 1:3.5 55mm Prime and Fotodiox Pro Nik-M43 Adapter - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives on Vancouver Island, where he works as a writer.
Bulgaria (pre-1956) - Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II with Legacy Nikon Nikkor-P・C Auto 1:3.5 55mm Prime and Fotodiox Pro Nik-M43 Adapter - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives on Vancouver Island, where he works as a writer.
From its start in 1900 until the Hindenburg disaster in 1937, zeppelin airflight amazed and enchanted the world. Airships carried the mail on most flights beginning in 1908, and many stamps were issued especially to carry mail on the zeppelins. The U.S. Post Office Department issued three stamps in 1930 and a fourth in 1933, all during the Great Depression, when few collectors could afford them.
Exhibit at the National Postal Museum, Washington, D.C.
Bulgaria (pre-1956) - Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II with Yi 42.5mm 1:1.8 Prime (M43 Mount) - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives on Vancouver Island, where he works as a writer.
This video takes a brief look at the National Postal Museum, with an emphasis on vehicles used in delivering the mail, from stagecoach to planes. The Museum is divided into five galleries that explore America's postal history from colonial times to the present and cover the printing process, adornments worn by postal employees, mailboxes and just about everything else related to postage and the delivery of mail. In addition to many exhibits and multimedia displays, rare postage stamps are stored in hundreds of metal drawers that visitors are free to open and explore. The museum is housed in the historic City Post Office Building, which served as the Washington, D.C., post office from 1914 through 1986.
Brazil (pre-1956) - Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II with Legacy Nikon Nikkor-P・C Auto 1:3.5 55mm Prime and Fotodiox Pro Nik-M43 Adapter - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives on Vancouver Island, where he works as a writer.
Argentina - Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II with Legacy Komine Vivitar 1:2.8 55mm Macro Prime (Fotodiox OM to M4/3 Adapter) - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives on Vancouver Island, where he works as a writer.
Argentina - Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II with Legacy Komine Vivitar 1:2.8 55mm Macro Prime (Fotodiox OM to M4/3 Adapter) - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives on Vancouver Island, where he works as a writer.
Brazil (pre-1956) - Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II with Legacy Nikon Nikkor-P・C Auto 1:3.5 55mm Prime and Fotodiox Pro Nik-M43 Adapter - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives on Vancouver Island, where he works as a writer.
Belgium (1947) - Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II with Legacy Nikon Nikkor-P・C Auto 1:3.5 55mm Prime and Fotodiox Pro Nik-M43 Adapter- Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives on Vancouver Island, where he works as a writer.
Argentina - Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II with Legacy Komine Vivitar 1:2.8 55mm Macro Prime (Fotodiox OM to M4/3 Adapter) - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives on Vancouver Island, where he works as a writer.
Belgian Congo (1953) - Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II with Legacy Nikon Nikkor-P・C Auto 1:3.5 55mm Prime and Fotodiox Pro Nik-M43 Adapter - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives on Vancouver Island, where he works as a writer.
Canada (1937) - Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II with Nikon Micro-Nikkor-P.C Auto 1:3.5 55mm (F Mount) with Fotodiox Pro Nic-M43 adapter - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives on Vancouver Island, where he works as a writer.
The National Postal Museum, which is near Union Station, is part of the Smithsonian Institution and is "dedicated to the preservation, study and presentation of postal history and philately through stamps and objects." It is divided into galleries that explore America's postal history from colonial times to the present. You don't have to be a stamp collector to enjoy this place, but stamp collectors will certainly drool over the collection, which includes many rarities. For example, there are at least seven super rare inverted Jennys on display valued at over a million dollars apiece.
Bulgaria (pre-1956) - Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II with Yi 42.5mm 1:1.8 Prime (M43 Mount) - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives on Vancouver Island, where he works as a writer.
Australia - Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II with Legacy Komine Vivitar 1:2.8 55mm Macro Prime (Fotodiox OM to M4/3 Adapter) - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives on Vancouver Island, where he works as a writer.
Argentina - Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II with Legacy Komine Vivitar 1:2.8 55mm Macro Prime (Fotodiox OM to M4/3 Adapter) - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives on Vancouver Island, where he works as a writer.
Bolivia (1945) - Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II with Legacy Nikon Nikkor-P・C Auto 1:3.5 55mm Prime and Fotodiox Pro Nik-M43 Adapter - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives on Vancouver Island, where he works as a writer.
Bulgaria (pre-1956) - Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II with Legacy Nikon Nikkor-P・C Auto 1:3.5 55mm Prime and Fotodiox Pro Nik-M43 Adapter - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives on Vancouver Island, where he works as a writer.
"The Pony Express was a mail service delivering messages, newspapers, mail, evento small packages from St. Joseph, Missouri across the Great Plains, over the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada to Sacramento, California by horseback, using a series of relay stations. During its 18 months of operation, it reduced the time for messages to travel between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts to about ten days. From April 3, 1860 to October 1861, it became the West's most direct means of east-west communication before the telegraph was established and was vital for tying the new state of California with the rest of the country." [Wikipedia]
Exhibit at the National Postal Museum, Washington, D.C.
Belgium (pre-1955) - Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II with Legacy Nikon Nikkor-P・C Auto 1:3.5 55mm Prime and Fotodiox Pro Nik-M43 Adapter - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives on Vancouver Island, where he works as a writer.
Brazil (1947) - Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II with Legacy Nikon Nikkor-P・C Auto 1:3.5 55mm Prime and Fotodiox Pro Nik-M43 Adapter - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives on Vancouver Island, where he works as a writer.
Don't Cry for Me Argentina... 1952 Argentina stamps featuring Evita, María Eva Duarte de Perón, the First Lady of Argentina during 1946-1952.
As the United States moved to create its new government in the late 1780s, postal issues were hotly debated without resolution. In 1790, Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson signed this document for the "Temporary Establishment of the Post Office." The legislation simply extended arrangements that were already in place. Fundamental postal policy would have to wait.
Exhibit at the National Postal Museum, Washington, D.C.
Argentina - Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II with Legacy Komine Vivitar 1:2.8 55mm Macro Prime (Fotodiox OM to M4/3 Adapter) - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives on Vancouver Island, where he works as a writer.