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Episode 81 - Ebay shipping with helpful hints and what NOT to do as well as DEAD LETTER LADIES

Welcome to Stamp Show Here Today, Episode 81.  We will have a discussion this week on eBay shipping (sellers) with some handy tricks, what to do and not to do and how to protect the stamps in shipping.  We will also discuss those forgotten ladies who made the post office run (the dead letter office in  particular) while the men were off at war (the Civil War).  Also see our YouTube on DEAD LETTER LADIES for a more complete discussion with pictures.

Episode 80 - Selling your stamps to a stamp dealer. Benefits and Pitfalls to stamp collecting

Welcome to Stamp Show Here Today, Episode #80.  Today we will be discussing SELLING YOUR STAMPS.  We will be dealing in particular with selling your stamps to a stamp dealer, both the advantages and disadvantages.  After listening to this episode, you will be able to make a better decision on whether this is right for your collection.  We also answer our listener emails as well as other topics on stamp collecting.

Episode 79 - Weird and Wacko Stamp Collecting Facts and a visit to the floor of NY Stamp Show 2016

Welcome to Stamp Show Here Today,  Episode #79.  In this episode we explore some off the wall facts about stamps, stamp collecting and the post office.  In addition we have a call live from the floor of New York 2016 Stamp Show with Scott Murphy.

Episode 78 - Blue Paper, Women in the Postal Service, and Stamp Collecting

Welcome to Stamp Show Here Today Episode 78. This episode has run a little bit late due to NY Stamp Show 2016. This week we are discussing women in the postal service throughout its history, Caj's corrections, answering listener e-mails and out expert topic (40:00) is on the identification of blue paper stamps. We now have a YouTube channel that will have explanations and pictures that you can view on our various subjects. You can check out the YouTube channel HERE.

Episode 77 - World Stamp Ceremonies and Special Guest Richard Lehmann

Welcome to Stamp Show Here Today episode 77. In this episode we will be discussing the first day ceremony releases at the World Stamp Show in New York, Caj's corrections, a listener e-mail regarding when to remove stamps from covers, and our expert topic is a discussion with Richard Lehmann of Stamp Finder as we discuss both his take on the current US stamp market as an investment opportunity and Stamp Finders great new tools to help dealers and collectors to connect at the show. You can visit the Stamp Finder website HERE.

Episode 76 - Best Stamps of 2015 and Special Printings

Welcome to Stamp Show Here Today episode 76. All caught up! This officially clears out our backlog of episodes and from here on out we will be back to our weekly schedule. Thank you to all of our listeners who trudged through while we missed weeks and released several episodes per week. In this episode we discuss the best stamps of 2015, Linn's Stamp News value reporting, Caj's corrections, and our expert topic of the week is about U.S. special printings.

Episode 75 - Special Guest Gary Greenberg, Royal Mail Service, and Stampless Mail

Welcome to Stamp Show Here Today episode 75! This week we have special guest Gary Greenberg of US Stamp Shop joining us. In this episode we will be discussing NY World stamp show stamp releases from the USPS, 500 years of the Royal Mail Service, Australia's creation of a modern rarity, a short conversation about perforation detection software, and stampless mail.

Episode 74 - Duck Stamp controversy and Finest Known Discussion

Hey Listeners, welcome to Stamp Show Here Today, episode 74! In this episode we will be discussing the I.G. report on political mailings, missing C3a found, the federal duck stamp controversy, Caj's corrections, and our expert topic is about finest known stamps.

Episode 73 - Special Guest Brian Hunt and the Stamp Market

Hey Listeners, welcome to Stamp Show Here Today, Episode 73! In this episode we have special guest Brian Hunt from Hunt and Company Stamps joining us to discuss a comparison of Venetian glass to stamp collecting and exhibiting, a continuation of our CSAC discussion, Caj's corrections, a discussion on the stamp market, stamp databases for business purposes, and auction issues. 

Episode 72 - Cuba and Stamp Collecting

Hey listeners, welcome to Stamp Show Here Today, Episode 72!!! After a bit of a vacation break, we are back and with a slightly different format. Our intro evolves into a talk on the Confederate Club and the St. Louis Stamp Show and Expo (0:01); Stamp News – World Stamp Show 2016 (15:15); Stamps without a country name (16:15); Caj’s Corrections (20:07); and our Expert Topic is on Cuban stamps (25:31).