Birth. Stamps. Death.
Claim This Podcastby Sam Goodson and Christopher Putney
Podcast Overview
<p>Birth. Stamps. Death. is an unpretentious, sometimes esoteric—but always eclectic—show about stamps, stamp collectors, and the histories and cultures that produce them. </p>
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8/29/2025
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Recent Episodes
May 25, 2026
Road to Boston 2026: All Things Postcrossing with Ana Campos
<p>The Boston 2026 World Stamp Expo is here folks! And we're over the moon to be chatting in this episode with Ana Campos, founding and long-time team member at Postcrossing. If you're new to <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.postcrossing.com/about">Postcrossing</a>—or were unaware that the USPS is unveiling its first ever stamps to commemorate the project during the show—you're in luck. Ana tells us all about what it took to get here, and why Postcrossing is still a force for fun and connection for collectors and non-collectors alike after more than two decades. We chat with Ana about the early years of the project (founded in 2005 by <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.postcrossing.com/user/paulo">Paulo Magalhães</a>!), Postcrossing's remarkable growth and evolution, and all the awesome Postcrossing meet-ups and other activities taking place in Boston this week. Ana joins us from Boston, where her and the team will also be part of the First Day of Issue Ceremony taking place at the show on <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.stampsforever.com/events/first-day-of-issue-ceremony-postcrossing">Tuesday May 26th</a>. You won't want to miss it. </p><p>As always, we'd love to hear from you, especially if you're writing from Boston! Listeners who write to us from the World Stamp Expo—or during this show week—will receive a special thank you item while supplies last. Postcrossers unite!—and write to us at:</p><p>P.O. Box 26</p><p>Grant Central Station</p><p>New York, NY 10163</p><p>(Or digitally, at: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:birthstampsdeath@gmail.com">birthstampsdeath@gmail.com)</a></p><p>Links:</p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://web.cvent.com/event/bbbdc1d9-e50e-44dd-8bef-eb36c9d1251f/summary">The Boston 2026 World Stamp Expo</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.postcrossing.com/about">About Postcrossing (Postcrossing)</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.postcrossing.com/blog">The Postcrossing Blog (curated by Ana)</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.stampsforever.com/events/first-day-of-issue-ceremony-postcrossing">Register for the Postcrossing First Day of Issue Ceremony (USPS)</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://about.usps.com/newsroom/national-releases/2026/0331ma-usps-announces-stamp-issues-for-world-stamp-show.htm">Other First Day Ceremonies for new stamps at the Show (USPS)</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://about.usps.com/who/csac/">Citizen Stamp Advisory Committee (CSAC, USPS)</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.npr.org/2026/01/14/nx-s1-5676037/how-the-usps-made-sure-new-muhammad-ali-stamps-pack-a-punch">A bit about stamp designer and artist Antonio Alcala (NPR)</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Wfj4DqLbeIYiGKqqFNCSS?si=xq8eKTxUQ02cy6E-Hh3aoQ">Shout-out to All Good for our theme song (Spotify)</a></p><p>And thanks to our special outro "assistant" on this one, Scott McKenzie, for his (1967) "San Francisco."</p>
May 22, 2026
The Road to Boston 2026: Zeppelins, Air Mail, and More with Jim Hill & David Ball
<p>With the World Stamp Expo officially kicking-off tomorrow—Saturday, May 23, 2026—we're thrilled to chat in this episode with Zeppelin mail expert Jim Hill and fellow aero/astrophilatelist and friend of the show, David Ball, current President of the American Air Mail Society (AAMS). In addition to opening some excellent listener mail, we chat with Jim and David about a new project debuting next week in Boston: a first-of-its-kind digital zeppelin and airship catalogue long in the works by a team of expert collectors and postal historians. We also hear from David and Jim about the litany of killer talks, programming, and other aerophilatelic goings-on people can expect to find at the show. Buckle up folks, because the World Stamp Expo's almost here!</p><p>Links:</p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://web.cvent.com/event/bbbdc1d9-e50e-44dd-8bef-eb36c9d1251f/summary">Boston 2026 (World Stamp Expo)</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.philosateleia.com/">Philosateleia (our favorite local post!)</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_post">Background on local posts (Wikipedia)</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.localpostcollectors.org/">Local Post Collectors Society (LPCS)</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.americanairmailsociety.org/">The American Air Mail Society (AAMS)</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Los_Angeles_(ZR-3)">The U.S.S. Los Angeles, a 1920s-30s US Navy Airship (Reparations Zeppelins era)</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRnsqQCcT6w">Cheryl Ganz's Maynard Sundman Lecture on the Graf Zeppelin issues (Smithsonian)</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://us.amazon.com/1933-Chicago-Worlds-Fair-Progress-ebook/dp/B00MOYT646/ref=sr_1_1?_encoding=UTF8&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.hrAkNjWpFzW-7Kh2bwMV-q-L1I22l5b7wlN4u-FZq1g._AQbuy6lekPw1-LDc9sqrhxz12SJstIwZq__GB4epGE&dib_tag=se&keywords=B001H6WQ76&nsdOptOutParam=true&qid=1779463538&s=digital-text&shoppingPortalEnabled=true&sr=1-1">Chery's book on the 1933 Century of Progress (Worlds Fair) (Amazon)</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://library.arlingtonva.us/2023/05/24/union-army-balloon-corp/">The Union Army's Civil War-era Ballon Corps (Arlington Public Library)</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/ZeppelinCollectors/">The Zeppelin Collectors Group (Facebook)</a></p><p>As always, we'd love to hear from you, especially if you're writing from Boston! Listeners who write to us from the World Stamp Expo will receive a special thank you item. Write us at:</p><p>P.O. Box 26</p><p>Grant Central Station</p><p>New York, NY 10163</p><p>Or digitally, at: birthstampsdeath@gmail.com</p>
May 15, 2026
The Road to Boston 2026: Lisa Bobb-Semple (USPS) on Celebrating the Best of America
<p>Our count-down to the World Stamp Expo in Boston (May 23-30) continues folks! And we are absolutely thrilled to have a very special guest on the show this week: Lisa Bobb-Semple, Director of Stamp Services at the United States Postal Service. Lisa's a 20+ year veteran of the USPS, and was appointed to lead the national stamp program in 2023. In this rich conversation, Lisa tells us all about the considerable work that goes on behind the scenes at USPS—over years—to bring a stamp idea from basic concept, through CSAC approval, vetting, design, and production, and the vital role stamps continue to play in "celebrating the best" of the nation's history and people. Lisa also gives us an insider's view of the National Postal Forum, the highly anticipated Postcrossing stamp, and the exciting first day ceremonies we can expect in Boston starting next week.</p><p>Links:</p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://web.cvent.com/event/bbbdc1d9-e50e-44dd-8bef-eb36c9d1251f/summary">The Boston 2026 World Stamp Expo (Expo)</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://about.usps.com/newsroom/national-releases/2026/0331ma-usps-announces-stamp-issues-for-world-stamp-show.htm">Stamps to be unveiled in Boston (USPS)</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.postcrossing.com/blog/2026/03/31/a-new-postcrossing-stamp-from-the-usa">The Postcrossing Issue (Postcrossing Blog/USPS)</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.stampsforever.com/vote">The Stamp Encore Contest (USPS) </a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.usps.com/250/welcome.htm">The USPS Semi-quincentennial (USPS)</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://store.usps.com/store/product/250-years-of-delivering-stamps-S_487104">250 Years of Delivering Stamp Pane (USPS)</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://about.usps.com/newsroom/national-releases/2026/0213ma-harriet-powers-stamps-to-be-issued-feb-28.htm">The (2026) Harriet Powers Issue (USPS)</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://news.darden.virginia.edu/2024/08/26/how-does-the-postal-service-choose-the-next-stamp-this-darden-grad-knows/">More about Lisa's work and her USPS journey (UVA)</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.stampsforever.com/stories/the-collectors-are-coming-to-the-boston-2026-world-stamp-show">The World Expo Issue (USPS)</a></p><p>As always, we'd love to hear from you; write to the show at:</p><p>P.O. Box 26</p><p>Grant Central Station</p><p>New York, NY 10163 </p><p>Or digitally, at: birthstampsdeath@gmail.com</p>
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