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Research : Maynard Sundman Lecture Series
Maynard Sundman Lecture Series
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Above: Maynard Sundman |
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Maynard Sundman's love of stamp collecting began in 1927. As a child, Maynard was fascinated by these tiny bits of paper and all the history and culture they held.
At 19, Maynard started a mail-order stamp business with $400 he had saved, operating out of his parents' home in Connecticut. After serving in WWII, he founded his second firm, Littleton Stamp Company, with his wife, Fannie Kasper Sundman.
The company branched into coins for collectors in the 1950s. In 1974, the Sundman family purchased Mystic Stamp Company of Camden, New York. Maynard's son Donald is president and his son David, is President of Littleton Coin Company in Littleton, New Hampshire. |
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The First Canada-US Joint Issue: The 1959 St. Lawrence Seaway Commemorative and its Famous Invert
Historian Charles Verge, is past-president of the Royal Philatelic Society of Canada and the American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors, curator of the...
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Lincoln, Slavery, and the Civil War
Eliot Landau’s award-winning philatelic exhibition Lincoln, Slavery, and the Civil War was on display at the Postal Museum. Landau’s exhibition combined philately, ephemera, and artifacts in an engaging exploration of Lincoln’s presidency, the Civil War, and...
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100 Greatest American Stamps
Mystic Stamp Company president Don Sundman and American Philatelic Society past president Janet Klug talked about their new book, 100 Greatest American Stamps. In this lively, illustrated talk, the authors discussed how they selected...
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The Miller Collection and The Era of Private Bank Note Company Stamps 1842-1892
Writer, researcher and auctioneer, Scott Trepel, guided the audience on a tour of the classic era of U.S. philately, displaying examples from The New York Public Library's legendary...
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Second Purpose
Roger S. Brody, a specialist in early twentieth century U.S. stamps, was introduced to the world of stamp collecting at the age of ten, when he was given a general world-wide album filled with a smattering of stamps. His interest eventually led to...
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The Royal Philatelic Collection: An Inside View
Michael Sefi has been the Keeper of the Royal Philatelic Collection at Buckingham Palace in London since January 2003. He was previously the Deputy Keeper of the Collection, beginning in 1996.
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The Legendary Grinnell Missionaries
David R. Beech, Curator of the British Library Philatelic Collections, became interested in philately at the age of nine and had the usual general collection before specialising in British Private Posts. From the age of twelve...
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The 1847's: America's First Stamps
At the age of eighteen Guido Craveri became the youngest collector to win a FIP gold medal. Today he is Chairman Emeritus of the National Postal Museum's Council of Philatelists.
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The National Postal Museum gratefully acknowledges
the continued support
of the Mystic Stamp Company.
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