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Twelfth Winton M. Blount Postal History Symposium:
Political Systems, Postal Administrations, and the Mail
Hosted by the Smithsonian National Postal Museum
and co-sponsored by the American Philatelic Research Library and the American Philatelic Society
December 8 and 9 on Zoom
Registration is free but required. Register here
In countries around the world, postal administrations and their missions, practices, and regulations serve as reflections and agents of state goals and ideals. Like the administrations, be they privatized, quasi or fully governmental, these ideals and goals can vary widely. In all cases, they shape the relationship that citizens, subjects, or residents have to the mail and the post office, including their expectations and decisions on how and when to use them. By sending and receiving mail or by using other offered services, individuals participate in communities or networks - familial, commercial, social, or other. Moreover, the acts of using and engaging - even the potential for these - with postal services may simultaneously reinforce and challenge the postal administration and its political foundations.
Schedule (Eastern time). Schedule is subject to change.
Thursday, December 8
9:30 – 10:00 am Welcome
10:00 am – 12:00 pm Session One - The Varying Purposes of Stamp Messaging
Moderator: Elizabeth Brown
K. Andrea Rusnock. Postal Politics: Soviet Stamps of World War II
Laura Goldblatt and Richard Handler. The Eagle, the Rocket and the Moon: U. S. Postal Iconography at the End of History
A. M. LaVey. Politico-Philatelic Semiosis in Russia’s 2014 Crimea Issues
Discussant: William Moskoff
12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch break
1:00 – 3:00 pm Session Two - Postal Networks and the Flow of Information
Moderator: Susan Smith
Rocio Moreno Cabanillas. The Reform Postal Systems in the Process of Structuring and Construction of Imperial States in the 18th Century
Perola Goldfeder. ‘Gathering Vassals Around the Throne’: The Political Economy of Postal Communications in 19th Century Brazil
Francesco Morriello. From Three Months to Three Seconds: The Evolution of Mail Delivery from the Renaissance to the Present Day
Discussant: Richard Morel
3:00 – 3:15 pm Break
3:15 – 5:15 pm Session Three - The Postal Service in American Life
Moderator: Jennifer Lynch
Rebecca Brenner Graham. Why the U. S. Ended Sunday Mail in 1912
Alison Bazylinski. Rethinking Postal Politics: The National Association of Letter Carriers Ladies’ Auxiliary, 1905-1925
Diane DeBlois and Robert Dalton Harris. Big Mail: From Public Good to Private Profit
Discussant: Lynn Heidelbaugh
Friday, December 9
10:30 am – 12:00 pm Session Four - Regimes in Flux: Their Impact on Postal Operations and Stamp Design
Moderator: Scott Tiffney
Roger Santala. Lion or Eagle: Sovereignty, A Postal Authority, and the Mails. Finland 1890-1918
Earl Toops. Regime Change in Vietnam: Issues of the Provisional Revolutionary Government and Restoration of Postal Services in the Defeated South
Discussant: James Grayson
12:00 – 1:30 pm Lunch break
1:30 – 3:30 pm Session Five - Stamp Iconography in Fascist Regimes
Moderator: Sheila Brennan
Daniel Piazza. The ‘Fascist Style’ in Italian Philately, 1922 – 1941
Zachary Agatstein. ‘Hitler’s Mundane Messengers’: The Banal Nationalism of Third Reich Postage Stamps
Guillermo Navarro Oltra. Historical Figures on the Postage Stamps of Franco’s Spain: The Catholic Monarchs
Discussant: Stanley Brunn
3:30 – 4:00 pm Closing Remarks
Dr. Susan Smith
Winton M. Blount Research Chair
Smithsonian National Postal Museum
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