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Pennsylvania Postal History Society PaPHS is a non-profit, educational membership organization founded in 1974. PaPHS encourages the acquisition and preservation of the material.

It has as its primary purpose the cultivation and promotion of the study of the postal history of Pennsylvania. PaPHS supports the publication of original research in respect of such knowledge for the benefit of its members and the general public.

Michael Sefi, philatelist and keeper of the royal stamp collection under Queen Elizabeth II, has died at age 82. As a st...
05/16/2026

Michael Sefi, philatelist and keeper of the royal stamp collection under Queen Elizabeth II, has died at age 82. As a stamp collector, I can’t imagine a more rewarding career than Mr. Sefi’s.

Here’s the cover of the upcoming issue of the HISTORIAN, the award-winning journal of the Pennsylvania Postal History So...
04/23/2026

Here’s the cover of the upcoming issue of the HISTORIAN, the award-winning journal of the Pennsylvania Postal History Society (PaPHS). Want to read the entire issue? Join the PaPHS today!

Great advertising cover from a very early (circa 1870) stamp dealer in Philadelphia. An article on this cover will appea...
04/15/2026

Great advertising cover from a very early (circa 1870) stamp dealer in Philadelphia. An article on this cover will appear in the upcoming issue of THE HISTORIAN, the award-winning journal of the Pennsylvania Postal History Society.

Here’s a wonderful self-addressed cover that famous Philadelphian philatelist Joseph A. Steinmetz sent to himself from t...
04/09/2026

Here’s a wonderful self-addressed cover that famous Philadelphian philatelist Joseph A. Steinmetz sent to himself from the Alaskan-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE) held in Seattle in 1909. The cover includes a tied AYPE label.

The Pennsylvania Postal History Society is alive and well on FaceBook! It’s been a while. Let’s get back into the swing ...
04/07/2026

The Pennsylvania Postal History Society is alive and well on FaceBook!
It’s been a while.

Let’s get back into the swing of things with a Philadelphia advertising cover from 1896. That is one sturdy Christmas tree holder, but with no ability to water the tree!

You can find the “Crown” Christmas tree holders for sale on eBay - used of course.

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PO Box 10082
Lancaster, PA
17605

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+13013325939

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