In Miniature Messages, Jack Child analyzes Latin American postage stamps, revealing the messages about history, culture, and politics encoded in their design and disseminated throughout the world. While postage stamps are a sanctioned product of official government agencies, Chi…
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An analysis of the messages about history, culture, and politics that Latin American nations have encoded in the design and text of their postage stamps.
In Miniature Messages, Jack Child analyzes Latin American postage stamps, revealing the messages about history, culture, and politics encoded in their design and disseminated throughout the world. While postage stamps are a sanctioned product of official government agencies, Chi…
Lists and gives prices for stamps from the U.S., its territories and possessions, the Confederacy, and the United Nations.
Scott's standard postage stamp catalogue
Shows postage stamps from the United States and their current values.
Scope and content: "This text addresses the often-overlooked practice of Allied looting. This book follows the journey of the Hungarian Crown Treasure from muddy oil drum in Austria to Fort Knox and back to Austria. Numerous lost treasures are discussed, including Raphael's Port…