Postal History
Miscellaneous Postal History
Artifacts from Gregg's extensive philately collection.
Gregg has a long-standing interest in postal history, and his collection features a wide variety of stamps, postcards, letters, labels, and more. You'll see them appear in nearly every collection on this website. Those pictured here are just a small sampling.
Important Moments
1894-1906
Postcards made and distributed during the Dreyfus Affair, which proved just how deep systemic anti-Judaism can go.
1941
A handwritten letter from Irena Sendler, with original cover.
1940s-1970s
Postcards for resorts and hotels all across the United States, explicitly banning Jewish people from their properties.
2006
A WILD THINGS (Maurice Sendak) stamp released in 2006 as part of the USPS Children's Book Animals series.
Highlights from the Collection
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A stamp issued in 2006, featuring Maurice Sendak's "Wild Thing" as part of the USPS's "Children's Book Animals" series.
The first day of issue cover for a 2006 stamp featuring Maurice Sendak's "Wild Thing" as part of the USPS's "Children's Book Animals" series.
Hyannis, Massachusetts. This part of the country has never been known to be all that friendly to Jewish people. Mrs. Wagoner’s boarding house for “Restricted Clientele” was no different.
The key players in the Dreyfus Affair, featured on this never-mailed 1898 French postcard.
This first-day-of-issue cover for France’s 2006 stamp commemorating Alfred Dreyfus features the officer rightfully declaring his innocence during his sentencing.
An original, handwritten, six-page letter from Irena Sendler — with its original envelope. The letter was authenticated by Holocaust experts and then translated by my friend Mieczyslaw.
