The Symposium will be held in conjunction with a philatelic exhibition hosted by the United States Stamp Society (USSS). Panels will be interspersed with opportunities to view award-winning exhibitions. On Friday evening September 16th, there will be a reception and a keynote address. A banquet celebrating the United States Stamp Society’s 85th anniversary will be on Saturday evening.

Papers

Proposals for symposium papers may be submitted either as individual papers or in panels. Possible themes for papers include:

• Vending and Affixing – the age of order by mail
• The postal system goes to War
• Those little flying machines revolutionize the Mails
• How the mail order business necessitated the creation of the parcel post system
• Special handling stamps addressed special business needs
• Express Mail Wars: How the USPS battled Federal Express

Proceedings of the Symposium will be considered for publication by the Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press.

Deadline for proposals — May 1, 2011

Proposals should be no more than one page and be accompanied by a one-page curriculum vita with contact information (e-mail, phone, and address).