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Date(s) - November 15, 2024 - November 16, 2024
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Interested in the Postal History Symposium but can’t make it to Bellefonte November 15-16? We have good news — you can attend the talks by our presenters via Zoom. Click the button below to register for the Zoom webinars of the talks you’re interested in attending, and we’ll see you (virtually) in later this month!
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Opening Remarks and Dinner Keynote Speaker
Benjamin Combes, Philately and IRC Programme Manager, UPU International Bureau (bio)
Friday, November 15
10:00 am – 11:00 am Eastern
“The Empire State, the UPU, and Global Maritime Empire”
Diane DeBlois & Robert Dalton Harris, Jr. (bio and abstract)
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11:00 am – 12:00 pm Eastern
“Public Health and the Post: The Universal Postal Union’s Role in Promoting Public Health”
Steve Kochersperger (bio and abstract)
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1:30 pm – 2:30 pm Eastern
“Matter for the Blind: Franking Privileges and the International Construction of Accessibility”
Amelia Kiddle (bio and abstract)
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3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
“The Postal History of the Universal Postal Union: The Postal Card, Worldwide, 1869-1974”
James P. Gough (bio and abstract)
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Saturday, November 16
9:00 am – 10:00 am
“A Historical Analysis of Türkiye’s Declaration at the Bern Postal Congress”
Mehmet Şükrü Yaman (bio and abstract)
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10:00 am – 11:00 am
“Effects of the German-Austrian Postal Union on Rates under the U.S. Postal Conventions with Bremen and Prussia”
Heinrich Conzelmann & Dwayne Littauer (bio and abstract)
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11:00 am – 12:00 pm
“UPU’s Regulations on Offensive Postage Stamps and Postal War”
Jan Heijs (bio and abstract)
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1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
“UPU British Empire Security Protected Specimen Stamps 1884-1948”
Robert Myers
**This event will not be streamed via Zoom and is an in-person only event.
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
“Letters Sent to/from the United States Under the GPU/UPU Regulations 1875-1881”
Jeffrey C. Bohn (bio and abstract)
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