OCTOBER IS NATIONAL STAMP COLLECTING MONTH
On October 1, 1981, the USPS began its very first National Stamp Collecting Month, a celebration that continues to this day. The USPS and the Council of Philatelic Organizations created National Stamp Collecting Month in 1981. In announcing the annual celebration, then-Postmaster General William F. Bolger encouraged “employees and customers alike to discover the joy of stamp collecting – the hobby of a lifetime.”

HALLOWEEN FAMILY DAY
SATURDAY  OCTOBER 27
11:00 to 3:00
Free admission to anyone wearing their Halloween costume.
Arts and crafts with stamps
Make stamp trick or treat bags
Decorate pumpkins with stamps
Make Halloween cards to send to friends  - free postage.

OCTOBER FREE STAMP SPECIAL 
Email us your home address at info@Spellman.org  and we will send you vintage stamps from Great Britain including one honoring Roland Hill, the originator of the first postage stamp in the world created in 1840

NEWSLETTER
If you would like a copy of our latest newsletter, just email to info@spellman.org 
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COME VISIT US
REGULAR AUTUMN HOURS 
THURSDAY TO SUNDAY 
​   12:00  to  5:00
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 October video GOING POSTAL
​The link is below.
This month's show includes:
 -The new Holiday stamps 
       -  Presidential birthdays
- Unique post offices 
- The monthly trivia question 
-The recently found  rare Inverted Jenny
stamp,
-Halloween stamps
-  Aretha Franklin stamp.
- Archie the Alligator  shows off the coconut  sent through the mail
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."
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 FREE FRIDAY PROGRAM SPONSORED BY THE HIGHLAND STREET FOUNDATION
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Tell us what you think of our website and we will send you some free postage.  Email your comments and mailing address to  info@spellman.org.

ANNUAL SPELLMAN MUSEUM
​STAMP AUCTION
SUNDAY OCTOBER 28 AT THE WALPEX STAMP SHOW AT MINUTEMAN HIGH SCHOOL IN LEXINGTON.  For more information email to info@spellman.org or check out the WALPEX website www.walthamstampclub.org/auction

Answer our stamp trivia questions and win some free postage.
Question below

THE MUSEUM WILL BE OPEN FROM 10:00 - 3:00 on MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12 TO CELEBRATE VETERANS DAY. ACTIVITIES FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY

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​ THE MUSEUM OFFERS MERIT AND FUN BADGES PROGRAMS FOR BOY SCOUTS,  DAISIES, BROWNIES, GIRL SCOUTS AND CUB SCOUTS. THE NEXT BOY SCOUT PROGRAM IS SATURDAY NOVEMBER 10 FROM 9:00 to 1:00
Note: this program is also offered to non-scouts, both boys and girls ages 10 to 16.
 For more information and/or to register call 617-784-5838 or 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

 October 19, 1781
British surrender at Yorktown

Oct 19, 1937
Artist Peter Max is born
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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.​

TRIVIA QUESTION
What was the first country to issue a stamp that included an image of a weather vane? 
Bonus for even more postage.
On what historic building can you find the vane shown on the ten cent Christmas stamp shown below?
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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 recently 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 these 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.