The disappearance of Glenn Miller, noted American band leader and Army Air Force major, in a single- engine plane on a London-to-Paris flight 41 years ago continues as one of the lingering mysteries of World War II. It still pops into the news once in a while – as it did in a recent press dispatch on… Continue reading New Light on Miller Death
Category: Stamps
Drop George? Time to Protest
How will the public – and Congress in an election year respond to the United States Postal Service’s decision to interrupt a 142-year tradition by displacing George Washington’s picture from postage stamps? Philatelic portraits of the Father of the Country have appeared on 19 stamps in an unbroken succession since the first postage stamp was issued… Continue reading Drop George? Time to Protest