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Page & Postage | Bibliophile & Stamp Collector
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📬 Stamps tell tales.
📖 Books give them voice.
🔎 Collecting history, one story at a time.
📚✨ Stories Stamped in Time ✉️
🇺🇸 SEMPER FI 🪖

Honoring 250 years of the U.S. Marine Corps through stamps that tell a story of bravery and legacy.

📖 Book Pairing: The United States Marines: A History — Edwin Howard Simmons

Every stamp tells a story of valor and honor — a legacy forever stamped in time.
November 14, 2025 at 1:45 PM
🌊 Where empires met the edge of the world…

In 1769, Captain Cook sailed into Aotearoa — where exploration met Māori tradition, and two worlds collided.

#PageAndPostage #StampStories #CaptainCook #HamptonSides #TheWideWideSeas #StoryStampedInTime
November 7, 2025 at 1:42 PM
🌊 Where empires met the edge of the world.
In 1769, Captain Cook reached Aotearoa — two worlds colliding: European navigation and Māori tradition.

✨ Pair with “The Wide Wide Seas” by Hampton Sides — exploration, empire, and the cost of curiosity.

#PageAndPostage #HamptonSides #TheWideWideSeas
November 6, 2025 at 2:11 PM
🌊 From Yorkshire to the Pacific — Cook’s voyages reshaped the world. 📜🇬🇧

The 1999 Captain Cook & Māori Millennium stamp marks discovery and cultural encounter.

📖 Pair it with “The Wide Wide Seas” by Hampton Sides

#PageAndPostage #CaptainCook #MaoriMillennium #BritishStamps #Philately #Exploration
November 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
👻 Two stamps. One haunting legend.

From Washington Irving’s quill to the Headless Horseman’s ride, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow galloped straight into American folklore. 🕯️💀

#PageAndPostage #SleepyHollow #WashingtonIrving #PhilatelyMeetsFiction
October 31, 2025 at 3:08 PM
📜 Colonial Communications: Printing the Revolution

The 1973 8¢ Colonial Communications: Pamphlet Printing stamp (#1476) honors the printers and pamphleteers whose words fueled the fight for freedom.

#PageAndPostage #ColonialCommunications #PamphletPrinting #AmericanRevolution #HistoricPrinting
October 26, 2025 at 4:54 PM
📜 The Heart of William & Mary

The 1993 19¢ Wren Building postal card honors the nation’s oldest academic hall, the soul of William & Mary and a cradle of American ideals.

#PageAndPostage #WilliamAndMary #WrenBuilding #AmericanHistory #StampsAndStories
October 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
📜 Birth of a Commonwealth
On June 25, 1788, Virginia ratified the U.S. Constitution, becoming the 10th state of the Union and a cornerstone of the new nation.

Paired with Founding Brothers — where Virginia’s voices shaped a republic.

#PageAndPostage #FoundingFathers ##colonialwilliamsburg
October 24, 2025 at 11:23 AM
The Birth of English America

The 2007 41¢ Settlement of Jamestown stamp marks the founding of America’s first permanent English colony in 1607.

Paired with Benjamin Woolley’s Savage Kingdom.

#PageAndPostage #Jamestown #AmericanHistory #BookAndStampPairing #Philately #HistoryThroughStamps
October 22, 2025 at 12:17 PM
📬 Fountain of Discovery
The 1982 20¢ Ponce de León stamp honors the Spanish explorer who sailed into legend, claiming Florida for Spain in 1513.

#PageAndPostage #StampStory #AgeOfExploration #PonceDeLeon #USPS #BookPairing #FloridaHistory
October 21, 2025 at 11:26 AM
📬 Fortress of Time: Castillo de San Marcos

The 2021 $7.95 Castillo de San Marcos stamp honors America’s oldest masonry fort, once Spanish, British, and American.

#PageAndPostage #StAugustine #BookPairing #CastilloDeSanMarcos #FloridaHistory
October 20, 2025 at 11:50 AM
🎨 Walt Disney: Imagination in Motion ✨📬

Issued in 1968, this 6¢ stamp celebrates Walt Disney, the visionary who turned imagination into a world of wonder.

#PageAndPostage #WaltDisney #Philately #BookPairing #StampCollectors #DisneyMagic
October 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
🇺🇸 Dwight D. Eisenhower: A Legacy in Leadership 📬📖

Issued in 1990, this 25¢ stamp pays tribute to Dwight D. Eisenhower, the general who guided victory in World War II and later led America through years of peace.

#Eisenhower #StampCollectors #Philately #BookPairing #LeadershipLegacy
October 13, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Beyond the Horizon: The Legacy of the US Naval Academy ⚓️

Dive into the rich history of the United States Naval Academy, captured on a 1995 32-cent stamp! From its founding in 1845, the USNA has shaped leaders who’ve defined America’s sea power.

#NavalAcademy #StampCollecting #SeaPower
October 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The Stamp That Took Mail Global ✈️🌐

Long before email, one stamp helped unify the skies.

Swipe through to discover how the 1949 25¢ Plane & Globe commemorates the birth of international mail cooperation.

#StampStory #Philately #UPU #VintageStamps #StampCollectors #GlobalMail #HistoryInInk
October 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🛩️ Eddie Rickenbacker: America’s Ace of Aces 🇺🇸

Born October 8, 1890, in Columbus, Ohio, Eddie Rickenbacker rose from car mechanic to America’s top WWI ace, scoring 26 victories and becoming a national hero.

📬 #StampsTellStories #WWIHistory #EddieRickenbacker #AviationHistory #PageAndPostage ✈️
October 8, 2025 at 1:27 PM
📜 The Tax That Sparked a Revolution 💥🇺🇸

The 2016 Repeal of the Stamp Act Forever stamp honors that moment when protest turned to revolution. 💌

Pair it with 📖 “The Radicalism of the American Revolution” by Gordon S. Wood, and rediscover how rebellion built a nation.

#RepealOfTheStampAct #GordonWood
October 7, 2025 at 1:24 PM
💡 Thomas Edison: Lighting Up the World 🎞️📬

On Oct 6, 1889, he tested his first motion picture film.

📖 Book pairing: “Edison” by Edmund Morris.

✨ Every stamp tells a story — one spark at a time.

#ThomasEdison #Philately #BookPairing #PageAndPostage #StoryBehindTheStamp
October 6, 2025 at 2:03 PM
📚✨ Thomas Wolfe: A Life in Literature ✨📚

In 2000, the 33¢ Literary Arts stamp honored North Carolina-born novelist Thomas Wolfe—a towering figure in American letters. 🌎✍️

Behind every stamp lies a story stamped in time. 💌

#ThomasWolfe #StampCollecting #Philately #LookHomewardAngel #StampStories
October 3, 2025 at 1:38 PM
📬✨ A Stamp About… Stamps?! ✨📬

In 1972, the U.S. issued the 8¢ Stamp Collecting stamp, a tribute to the world’s most popular hobby.

Behind every stamp lies a story stamped in time. 📖✨

#StampCollecting #StoriesStampedInTime
October 1, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Wishing all my friends and family who celebrate a
G'mar chatima tovah (May you be sealed in the Book of Life for a good year). Have an easy fast.
October 1, 2025 at 1:08 PM
September 30, 2025 at 1:28 PM
🚀 Blast Off Into History!

Tiny stamps. Giant adventures. ✉️✨
On September 29, 1967, the US Post Office issued its first attached pair of stamps with a continuous design, celebrating the Astronaut & Gemini 4 Capsule. 🌕👨‍🚀

#Gemini4 #USStamps #StampCollecting #CarryingTheFire #SpaceExploration
September 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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September 26, 2025 at 4:24 PM