http://www.metafilter.com/tags/post+stamps Posts tagged with 'post' and 'stamps' at MetaFilter. Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:14:59 -0800 Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:14:59 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/78241/Postage%2DStamps%2Dof%2Dthe%2DYellow%2DFleet When it went to war with Israel in 1967, the Egyptian Government blockaded the Suez Canal. A <a href="http://www.lairig.freeserve.co.uk/bluefunnel/melampus/mcmorine.htm">number of ships, with their crews, were stranded in the Great Bitter Lake for the eight years it was closed</a>. <a href="http://www.shipsonstamps.org/Topics/html/gbla.htm">Here are their stamps</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2009:site.78241 Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:14:59 -0800 canal post postage stamps suez war Fiasco da Gama http://www.metafilter.com/76461/Direct%2DPostage What happens if you post a letter <a href="http://www.monkeyfaq.com/mail/index.html">using coins instead of stamps?</a> tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.76461 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 02:29:15 -0800 coins experiment interesting mail post stamps usps divabat http://www.metafilter.com/57696/Swedish%2Dpost%2Dhorn%2Dsounds%2Dlike%2Dit%2Dshould%2Dmean%2Dsomething <a href="http://www.arago.si.edu/">Arago: People, Postage & the Post</a> is the online database of the <a href="http://www.postalmuseum.si.edu/">National Postal Museum</a>. It has lots and lots of lovely things. Some examples are <a href="http://www.arago.si.edu/flash/?s1=1|tid=2027602|oid=17077|">a high quality scan of an 18th Century envelope</a>, <a href="http://www.arago.si.edu/flash/?s1=2|tid=2032214|mode=0|">a sampling of comic strips featuring mail carriers</a>, <a href="http://www.arago.si.edu/flash/?slide=1|eid=7|s1=6|">a collection of stamps on the theme of map projection</a> and <a href="http://www.arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=269">a Swedish post horn</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.57696 Thu, 11 Jan 2007 18:35:36 -0800 mail philately post stamps swedishposthorn Kattullus http://www.metafilter.com/35656/Avertising%2DCover%2DBisect%2DCinderella%2Dand%2Dso%2Don Dear <a href="http://alphabetilately.com/M.html">M</a><a href="http://alphabetilately.com/E.html">E</a><a href="http://alphabetilately.com/F.html">F</a><a href="http://alphabetilately.com/I.html">I</a>, I just love <a href="http://alphabetilately.com">Alphabetilately</a>, and I think you will too! Yours sincerely, taz. tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.35656 Fri, 17 Sep 2004 07:01:33 -0800 alphabet alphabets art collecting collections ephemera hobbies hobby philatelic philately post postage stamp stamps taz