JANUARY FREE STAMP OFFER
Send us your address and we will
mail you five United Nations
​first day covers. Email to 
info@spellman.org
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ATTENTION KIDS
Get a free membership for a year plus receive free stamps each month.
Bring your parents to the Museum for free
Get a discount in the Museum Store
To get your free membership,  email your name, age and mailing address to info@spellman.org

NEWSLETTER
If you would like a copy of our latest newsletter, just email to info@spellman.org 
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PLEASE COME VISIT US
REGULAR HOURS 
THURSDAY TO SUNDAY 
​   12:00  to  5:00 or by appointment
Admission $8 adults, $5 Seniors $3 Children (5-16)
​Members free
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The Museum is located on the campus of Regis College, Weston, MA 
You don't have to be a stamp collector to enjoy a visit to the Spellman

Observe the Postage Stamp—Its Usefulness Depends Upon Its Ability to Stick to One Thing Till It Gets There​​.

Did you know we have an envelope that survived the crash of the Hindenburg in 1937?
We also have a dress made entirely of stamps that was worn to a stamp exposition in the 1920's.
On exhibit are stamps once owned by President Franklin Roosevelt

​Free stamps for the children.
​Scavenger hunts, games and puzzles for  stamp prizes.
Make stamp bookmarks and rainbows
Design your own stamps 

​Do you have any stamps you would like to donate?  Contact us at info@spellman.org
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Watch our fifteen -minute January  video GOING POSTAL
​The link is below.
See Archie the Alligator's United Nations First Day Covers
Answer the Trivia question on the postal connection to a recent film.
See snowmen on stamps
Learn about the postage stamp hole on a golf course in Scotland
Much more

Hope you enjoy the show

Comment from a teacher: "The monthly video is
always a hit with my 51 fourth graders and my Geography Club."
Comment from a recent viewer: "I’m so impressed with your postal videos.  I wouldn’t have thought they would be so entertaining and informative, not being a stamp collector myself."

From a non-collector; "I hadn't realized how informative stamps can be, and how much history is involved in stamp collecting."
From a viewer: "The show is wonderful.  So much information, the production is well done and a great host." 
From Lincoln, MA: "My wife and I watch your show  and really enjoy it. The animations are cool, a bit of Monty Python." 
From a student stamp club in India: "The latest show  was very informative. The kids loved every aspect of it, especially Archie the Alligator showcasing the essential tools of a philatelist."
From a new member: "I enjoyed the video immensely.  Aside from your informative, educational, and inspiring video I was impressed by how well the video was done, how much stamp content was included, and how well it held my interest."
Comment from a viewer in Canada:
I enjoy your monthly video.  There is always something interesting and I always learn something new.

CURRENT EXHIBITS


  • SELECTIONS FROM OUR MEMBERS' COLLECTIONS
  • Bicycles on Stamps
  • ​Moon Landing Anniversary 
  • ​Ben Franklin on Stamps -  US Stamps to 1900
  • First stamps of Great Britain   
  • History of Rural Free Delivery
  • Civil War Mail 
  • Owls on Stamps 
  • The Boston Post Road
  • Stamps from the FDR collection
  • Zeppelin Mail
  • Ways that mail has been delivered ​over the years​
  • Children's Postal Games and stamp cases and boxes​

PICTURES FROM OUR ANNUAL HOLIDAY FAMILY DAY
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NEXT FAMILY DAY
MONDAY JAN. 21
CELEBRATE MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY
10:00 to 3:00

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THE MUSEUM OFFERS MERIT AND FUN BADGES PROGRAMS FOR BOY SCOUTS,  DAISIES, BROWNIES, GIRL SCOUTS AND CUB SCOUTS. 
Note: these program is also open to non-scouts, both boys and girls ages 10 to 16.
Future programs are scheduled for  Feb. 23 and March 23.
 For more information and/or to register call 617-784-5838 or email to info@spellman.org

​FIND OUT HISTORIC EVENTS OF THE DAY CONNECTED TO STAMPS
​SEE STAMPS BELOW


MARK YOUR CALENDAR
ANNUAL MUSEUM PHILATELIC BAZAAR
Saturday, March 2, 2019
Members admitted at 11:00
General Public at 12:00
Become a member that day.

INTERESTED IN JOINING A STAMP CLUB?
The Waltham Stamp Club meets twice a month starting at 7:00 at the Museum.
For more info email to info@spellman.org

COLLECTION EVALUATIONS AVAILABLE
​Do you have a collection gathering dust in your closet? Do you wonder if it has some value? The Museum offers an evaluation service for a fee of $40. To set up an appointment email info@spellman.org or click on "Other Services" above.​

RENTAL SPACE AVAILABLE
Are you looking for a space for an upcoming business meeting or some other function for your organization?
The Museum has a room suitable for such meetings.
For more details email to info@spellman.org

The Spellman Museum is Great for ALL Ages!
Visits to classroom and field trips to the Museum are available.  The Museum also has programs for homeschoolers of all ages.
​ Email to info@spellman.org for details.
10:00 - 3:00




 January 16, 1883, President Chester A. Arthur signed the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, making major changes to American Civil Service System.

January 16, 1919
Prohibition begins
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If you would like a calendar featuring stamps for each day, email to info@spellman.org.
Our latest newsletter is also available. Email request. to
info@spellman.org.​

ANNUAL POSTAL HISTORY SYMPOSIUM  MAY 2, 2019
"MEXICO: WARS IN THE 19th  CENTURY"
Admission is free but please rsvp to info@spellman.org 
Schedule for the day is below

                             POSTAL HISTORY SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE  
8:30AM Exhibition opens - small breakfast
9:30AM Walk/drive over to College Hall room 202, at Regis College
9:50AM Opening remarks - Yamil H. Kouri, Jr.
10:00 - 10:45AM “Mexican Independence War: Postal History Perspective” by Jaime Benavides (Monterrey, Mexico)
11:00 - 11:45AM “The Mexican War: Culmination of Manifest Destiny” by Dr. Mark Banchik (Great Neck, NY) 12:00N - 1:00PM Lunch at Regis College cafeteria (Dutch treat)
1:05 - 1:50PM “European Military Intervention: 1861-1867” by Yamil H. Kouri, Jr. (Lexington, MA)
2:05 - 2:50PM “The Provisional Period of Mexico, 1867-1868” by Marc Gonzales (Denver, CO)
3:00 - 3:15PM Closing remarks and discussion
3:30 - 4:30PM Tour of the Museum  with Curator George Norton
 

Latest News

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Ben Franklin, aka Dr. Tim O'Connor, listens to Vera Meyer play the glass harmonica, an instrument he invented in 1761, at the Museum's Annual Members Dinner.


​The Spellman Friend of Education Award was recently given to Weston resident David Sabot, a senior at the Cambridge School of Weston, because of all his work with the monthly production of the educational video Going Postal (link above).  To read more about David click: weston.wickedlocal.com/news/20180224/spellman-museum-announces-friend-of-education-award-recipient
​Sending postcards, making Valentine cards and doing arts and crafts with stamps were all part of the fun at our annual Valentines Family Day on Feb. 10
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  • OLLI LECTURE: Museum member David Ball  spoke to about 75 people at the Tufts Life-Long Learning program about the history of postage stamps and the postal system.  Talks such as this are available for all types of adult organizations. 
  • Members of the Society For Hungarian Philately  held a meeting and their annual dinner on May 5 at the Museum.  Several displays of Hungarian stamps were on exhibit and books from the Museum's library about Hunganian stamps were made availabe.